Ghs fb removal from muscle - complicated at St. John's Camarillo Hospital

2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,676.23

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,827.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$409.34 with Health Net vs $10,984.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $409.34 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $409.34 ↓ -76%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $715.53 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $1,033.29 ↓ -38%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,104.85 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,372.74 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $2,487.55 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,564.09 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|Sea View $2,678.90 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $2,678.90 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $2,678.90 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $2,678.90 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $2,678.90 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,985.06 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,176.41 ↑ +89%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,827.00 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,529.00 ↑ +170%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $6,083.00 ↑ +263%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $6,264.00 ↑ +274%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $6,264.00 ↑ +274%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $6,483.96 ↑ +287%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $7,273.04 ↑ +334%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,549.00 ↑ +350%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $7,549.00 ↑ +350%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $7,550.00 ↑ +350%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8,390.00 ↑ +401%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $8,827.00 ↑ +427%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,984.00 ↑ +555%

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Ghs fb removal from muscle - complicated at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,230.05 $2,937.00 – $6,619.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,139.78 $4,124.29 – $16,652.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,091.44 $3,735.95 – $16,652.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $3,174.75 $3,572.00 – $5,330.31
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $3,455.25 $8,222.00 – $36,398.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,595.21 $3,423.00 – $6,732.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $4,987.68 $3,175.56 – $7,908.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,933.75 $1,747.00 – $6,911.51

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