Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$31.10
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.
$71.00
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.
$18.09 with BCBS - Anthem vs $67.00 with United — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $18.09 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $20.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $20.10 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $20.10 | ↓ -35% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $20.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $20.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $26.80 | ↓ -14% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $27.47 | ↓ -12% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.47 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.82 | ↓ -1% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $33.50 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $38.19 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $38.86 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $38.86 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $41.54 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $44.89 | ↑ +44% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $52.26 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $63.65 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $63.65 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $63.65 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $63.65 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $67.00 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $67.00 | ↑ +115% |
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Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $0.22 – $0.26 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $58.64 | $11.25 – $24.50 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $56.00 | $21.76 – $82.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $92.91 | $6.75 – $24.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $35.25 | $10.40 – $26.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $34.87 | $6.50 – $26.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $93.64 | $0.22 – $0.28 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $93.64 | $0.24 – $0.33 |