Prednisone 1 mg tablet 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

$6.57

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.

$15.00

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.

$0.02 with United 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.

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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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.02 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Navigate $0.02 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.02 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.03 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $0.18 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $0.18 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $0.24 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $0.28 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $0.30 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $0.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $0.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $0.59 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $0.59 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $0.67 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $4.05 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $4.50 ↓ -32%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|Sea View $4.50 ↓ -32%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -32%
Aetna 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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Prednisone 1 mg tablet at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $0.50 $0.78 – $1.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5.61 $0.01 – $3.07
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3.43 $0.02 – $2.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2.67 $1.04 – $3.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4.32 $0.02 – $2.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2.97 $0.02 – $3.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2.21 $0.01 – $3.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5.61 $0.01 – $3.07

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