Insert sq defib electrode 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

$6,502.11

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.

$14,845.00

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.

$648.86 with Health Net vs $23,189.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $648.86 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $648.86 ↓ -90%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $746.27 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $4,008.15 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $7,550.00 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,757.00 ↑ +19%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $8,164.75 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,203.90 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $9,649.25 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,946.15 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|Sea View $10,391.50 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $10,391.50 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $10,391.50 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $10,391.50 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $10,391.50 ↑ +60%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
United Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $10,734.00 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $10,734.00 ↑ +65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,579.10 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $12,321.35 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $12,929.00 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $12,929.00 ↑ +99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14,845.00 ↑ +128%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $15,837.00 ↑ +144%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $15,979.00 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18,812.00 ↑ +189%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $20,488.56 ↑ +215%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $21,030.92 ↑ +223%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $23,189.00 ↑ +257%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,374.49 $428.89 – $6,470.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,926.96 $428.89 – $11,741.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $12,772.00 $428.89 – $24,552.00
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California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $13,318.59 $386.00 – $21,694.19
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,593.45 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $2,391.75 $428.89 – $10,911.25
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,902.93 $428.89 – $9,601.90

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