Head CT scan (without contrast) at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$1,778.28
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.
$4,060.00
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.
$135.12 with Health Net vs $3,166.80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Valley Care IPA | Commercial|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|Sea View | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $219.76 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $219.76 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $245.18 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -86% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $268.26 | ↓ -85% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $270.24 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $501.33 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $751.00 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $1,096.20 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,252.00 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $1,252.00 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $1,252.00 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $1,252.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,566.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,566.00 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,822.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,030.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,517.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $2,639.00 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,720.20 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $2,842.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $2,842.00 | ↑ +60% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $2,842.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,842.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $2,842.00 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,166.80 | ↑ +78% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Head CT scan (without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $712.05 | $21.27 – $1,228.99 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,571.02 | $140.89 – $1,094.19 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,024.87 | $135.12 – $2,299.08 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,435.90 | $145.26 – $1,112.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,062.32 | $114.21 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,593.82 | $135.12 – $3,436.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,576.64 | $135.12 – $3,393.84 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,399.55 | $148.44 – $1,382.79 |