Kit ipg optimizer smart 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

$49,197.04

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.

$112,322.00

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.

$26,957.28 with Ventura HP vs $104,459.46 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
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $26,957.28 ↓ -45%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $29,203.72 ↓ -41%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $30,326.94 ↓ -38%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $30,326.94 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $30,326.94 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $49,421.68 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $50,544.90 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $50,544.90 ↑ +3%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $51,668.12 ↑ +5%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $56,161.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $60,653.88 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|HMO $62,900.32 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $69,639.64 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $75,255.74 ↑ +53%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $75,255.74 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|Sea View $78,625.40 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $78,625.40 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $78,625.40 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $78,625.40 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $78,625.40 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $86,487.94 ↑ +76%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $87,611.16 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $93,227.26 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Navigate $93,227.26 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $102,213.02 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $102,213.02 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $102,213.02 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $102,213.02 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $102,213.02 ↑ +108%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $103,336.24 ↑ +110%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $104,459.46 ↑ +112%

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Kit ipg optimizer smart at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $79,825.20 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $43,704.80 $23,486.22 – $100,071.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $40,028.69 $19,401.66 – $100,071.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $46,302.66 $31,201.25 – $112,324.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45,803.44 $28,365.00 – $110,056.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $79,825.20 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $29,702.40 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $34,476.00 not published

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