New Patient Office Visit (level 3) 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

$642.42

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.

$1,548.00

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.

$66.96 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,222.92 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 $66.96 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $102.00 ↓ -84%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $102.41 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|Sea View $102.41 ↓ -84%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $102.41 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $102.41 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $102.41 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $116.56 ↓ -82%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $124.00 ↓ -81%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $141.12 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $152.00 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $153.76 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $154.17 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $154.17 ↓ -76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $166.16 ↓ -74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $193.44 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $195.92 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $195.92 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $226.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $226.00 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $248.00 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $248.00 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $1,222.92 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,222.92 ↑ +90%

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New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $155.37 $82.05 – $335.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $175.16 $39.84 – $150.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $142.30 $82.05 – $328.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $116.71 $101.90 – $232.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $475.83 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $109.65 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $198.75 $82.05 – $554.32
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $170.98 $94.36 – $220.10

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