Lithium therapeutic drug level 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

$139.29

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.

$318.00

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.

$6.61 with Blue Shield CA vs $26.44 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.

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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
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $6.61 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $7.14 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $7.93 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.93 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Navigate $7.93 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.93 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $11.90 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $12.76 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $12.76 ↓ -91%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $13.22 ↓ -91%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $13.22 ↓ -91%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $13.22 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $14.81 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.40 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $16.40 ↓ -88%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $17.55 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.55 ↓ -87%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.72 ↓ -87%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $18.51 ↓ -87%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $18.51 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $18.51 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $18.51 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|Sea View $18.51 ↓ -87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.63 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $24.62 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $24.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $24.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $24.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $24.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.44 ↓ -81%

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $12.52 $1.32 – $19.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $97.92 $6.48 – $53.91
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $122.41 $6.61 – $22.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $85.92 $6.61 – $16.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $112.12 $6.21 – $22.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $57.51 $6.61 – $55.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $56.89 $6.61 – $54.51
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $341.19 $6.61 – $68.13

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