Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions 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

$811.62

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.

$1,853.00

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.

$500.31 with BCBS - Anthem vs $10,984.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $500.31 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +24%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,019.15 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,148.86 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $1,204.45 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,241.51 ↑ +53%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $1,297.10 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $1,297.10 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $1,297.10 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|Sea View $1,297.10 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $1,297.10 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,445.34 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,537.99 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,853.00 ↑ +128%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $1,859.28 ↑ +129%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $2,007.70 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $3,977.00 ↑ +390%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,529.00 ↑ +458%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,494.00 ↑ +577%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $5,772.00 ↑ +611%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $6,264.00 ↑ +672%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $6,264.00 ↑ +672%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6,598.00 ↑ +713%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,549.00 ↑ +830%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $7,549.00 ↑ +830%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,984.00 ↑ +1253%

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Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,009.01 $694.98 – $2,522.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $857.39 $623.97 – $1,848.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $848.14 $269.54 – $1,825.69
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,836.95 $1,008.25 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,372.77 $952.80 – $4,820.76
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,005.72 $1,090.80 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,648.96 $857.02 – $5,171.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,874.98 $277.71 – $2,361.80

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