Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope 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

$276.38

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.

$631.00

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.

$51.90 with SeaView vs $7,832.00 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
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $51.90 ↓ -81%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $51.90 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|Sea View $51.90 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $51.90 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $51.90 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $58.98 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $58.98 ↓ -79%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $103.10 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $170.37 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
United Medicare|All Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $246.67 ↓ -11%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $246.67 ↓ -11%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $347.05 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $359.67 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $378.60 ↑ +37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $422.77 ↑ +53%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $448.66 ↑ +62%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $492.18 ↑ +78%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $493.34 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $517.42 ↑ +87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $517.42 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $517.42 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $523.73 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|HMO $2,761.00 ↑ +899%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,230.00 ↑ +1069%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,390.00 ↑ +1127%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,598.00 ↑ +1202%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,003.00 ↑ +1348%
United Commercial|Navigate $4,003.00 ↑ +1348%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $4,465.00 ↑ +1516%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $4,465.00 ↑ +1516%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,932.00 ↑ +1684%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +1848%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +1848%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,832.00 ↑ +2734%

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Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $415.14 $268.99 – $274.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $373.65 $47.95 – $855.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $203.80 $47.95 – $299.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $323.01 $47.95 – $807.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $197.75 $47.95 – $437.06
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $195.62 $47.95 – $437.06
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $553.86 $283.41 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $272.85 $256.73 – $8,018.00

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