Head CT scan (with contrast) at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$2,133.94
Cash price 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.
$4,872.00
Gross charge 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.
$226.19 with Health Net vs $3,800.16 with MultiPlan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Valley Care IPA | Commercial|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|Sea View | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $309.96 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $309.96 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $401.74 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $401.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $452.38 | ↓ -79% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $452.66 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $649.59 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $751.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $1,252.00 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $1,252.00 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $1,252.00 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,252.00 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $1,315.44 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,566.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,566.00 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,822.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,436.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,020.64 | ↑ +42% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $3,166.80 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,264.24 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $3,410.40 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $3,410.40 | ↑ +60% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $3,410.40 | ↑ +60% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,410.40 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $3,410.40 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,800.16 | ↑ +78% |
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Head CT scan (with contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $890.21 | $35.60 – $1,536.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,650.07 | $236.37 – $1,312.65 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,699.83 | $204.88 – $4,685.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,500.83 | $204.88 – $1,466.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,154.44 | $204.88 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,183.34 | $204.88 – $4,708.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,159.80 | $204.88 – $4,649.15 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,839.17 | $249.04 – $1,658.86 |