Insertion of catheter vein at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$753.36
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.
$1,720.00
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.
$160.80 with Health Net vs $7,832.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | Medicaid|> 21 | $160.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $160.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $281.06 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $464.40 | ↓ -38% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $946.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,066.40 | ↑ +42% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,118.00 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,152.40 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $1,204.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $1,204.00 | ↑ +60% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $1,204.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $1,204.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,204.00 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,341.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,427.60 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,720.00 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,230.00 | ↑ +329% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $4,465.00 | ↑ +493% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $4,465.00 | ↑ +493% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,932.00 | ↑ +555% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $5,383.00 | ↑ +615% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,383.00 | ↑ +615% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,832.00 | ↑ +940% |
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Insertion of catheter vein at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $824.76 | $130.73 – $1,888.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $755.39 | $130.73 – $1,888.46 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $182.77 | $130.73 – $496.65 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $795.60 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $586.08 | $1,200.00 – $5,357.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $870.59 | $222.24 – $1,096.62 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,216.95 | $130.73 – $2,339.37 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $293.40 | $130.73 – $586.80 |