Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$6.57
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.
$15.00
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.
$0.37 with Blue Shield CA vs $11.70 with MultiPlan — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|EPN | $0.37 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $0.37 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $0.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $0.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $0.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.50 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $0.55 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.62 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $0.92 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $0.92 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $1.17 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $1.17 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1.34 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $4.05 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $4.50 | ↓ -32% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $4.50 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $4.50 | ↓ -32% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $4.50 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $4.50 | ↓ -32% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $6.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $6.15 | ↓ -6% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.15 | ↓ -6% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7.50 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.70 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $8.70 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9.30 | ↑ +42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10.05 | ↑ +53% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11.70 | ↑ +78% |
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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5.61 | $0.49 – $0.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9.42 | $0.38 – $21.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5.39 | $2.10 – $7.93 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8.63 | $0.37 – $21.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3.34 | $0.20 – $3.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3.31 | $0.40 – $3.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12.41 | $0.49 – $0.56 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $12.41 | $0.47 – $0.67 |