Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis 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

$212.43

Cash price

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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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$485.00

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.

$17.87 with Health Net 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
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $17.87 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $17.87 ↓ -92%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $31.23 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $120.42 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $163.78 ↓ -23%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $242.50 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $254.22 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $267.60 ↑ +26%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $289.90 ↑ +36%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $291.44 ↑ +37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $298.82 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $312.20 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $312.20 ↑ +47%
United Medicare|Sea View $312.20 ↑ +47%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $312.20 ↑ +47%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $312.20 ↑ +47%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $327.56 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $330.04 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $347.88 ↑ +64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $365.72 ↑ +72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $365.72 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $365.72 ↑ +72%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $370.18 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $485.00 ↑ +128%
United Commercial|HMO $2,761.00 ↑ +1200%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,230.00 ↑ +1421%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,598.00 ↑ +1594%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,003.00 ↑ +1784%
United Commercial|Navigate $4,003.00 ↑ +1784%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $4,465.00 ↑ +2002%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $4,465.00 ↑ +2002%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +2434%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +2434%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,832.00 ↑ +3587%

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Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $48.44 $20.89 – $67.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $456.96 $179.30 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $219.14 $14.53 – $699.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $161.84 $14.53 – $154.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $200.71 $14.53 – $501.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $119.47 $14.53 – $264.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $118.18 $14.53 – $264.04
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $306.00 $188.91 – $6,200.00

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