Lactic acid 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

$69.21

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.

$158.00

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.

$2.15 with BCBS - Anthem vs $39.78 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 $2.15 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $3.58 ↓ -95%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3.98 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4.46 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.93 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $4.93 ↓ -93%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $5.17 ↓ -93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.33 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $5.57 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|Sea View $5.57 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $5.57 ↓ -92%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -92%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6.21 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7.48 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $7.48 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $7.48 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $7.48 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Navigate $7.95 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $7.95 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.95 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.95 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $7.95 ↓ -89%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $9.78 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $9.78 ↓ -86%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $15.90 ↓ -77%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $15.90 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.70 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30.70 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $39.78 ↓ -43%

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Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $23.79 $2.31 – $15.53
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French Hospital San Luis Obispo $121.92 $2.15 – $35.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $378.42 $3.98 – $33.25
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $374.34 $3.98 – $33.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $421.26 $11.57 – $110.15

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