Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) 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

$355.66

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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.

$812.00

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.

$219.24 with BCBS - Anthem vs $17,179.00 with United — 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 $219.24 ↓ -38%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $386.50 ↑ +9%
United Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $406.00 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $503.44 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $527.80 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $544.04 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $568.40 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|Sea View $568.40 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $568.40 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $568.40 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $633.36 ↑ +78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $665.84 ↑ +87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $665.84 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $673.96 ↑ +89%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $732.82 ↑ +106%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $773.00 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $812.00 ↑ +128%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $1,228.00 ↑ +245%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $1,782.00 ↑ +401%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,230.00 ↑ +808%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,598.00 ↑ +912%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $4,465.00 ↑ +1155%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $4,465.00 ↑ +1155%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,932.00 ↑ +1287%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +1414%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +1414%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,832.00 ↑ +2102%
United Commercial|HMO $10,481.00 ↑ +2847%
United Commercial|Navigate $17,179.00 ↑ +4730%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,179.00 ↑ +4730%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital

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Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $577.43 $60.84 – $495.67
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $591.09 $410.66 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $488.35 $386.50 – $1,118.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $447.28 $308.07 – $1,118.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $195.89 $264.00 – $438.24
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $208.46 $284.00 – $471.44
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,771.23 $432.67 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $661.98 $391.93 – $8,018.00

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