Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$26.28

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.

$60.00

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.

$16.20 with BCBS - Anthem vs $316.84 with Aetna — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $16.20 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $27.00 ↑ +3%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $33.60 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $37.20 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $37.20 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $39.00 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.20 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $42.00 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|Sea View $42.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $42.00 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $42.00 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $42.00 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $46.80 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $56.40 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $56.40 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $56.40 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $56.40 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
United Commercial|Navigate $60.00 ↑ +128%
United Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
United Commercial|HMO $60.00 ↑ +128%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $60.00 ↑ +128%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $60.00 ↑ +128%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $60.00 ↑ +128%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +128%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $73.80 ↑ +181%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $73.80 ↑ +181%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $120.00 ↑ +357%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $120.00 ↑ +357%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $225.82 ↑ +759%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $225.82 ↑ +759%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $316.84 ↑ +1106%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $33.48 $17.02 – $124.81
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $150.45 $83.40 – $211.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.67 $30.00 – $219.29
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $141.70 $32.48 – $60.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $23.52 $16.20 – $257.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $124.29 $30.00 – $244.57
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $122.95 $30.00 – $244.57
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $150.45 $85.10 – $266.90

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