Red blood cells washed each unit 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

$245.72

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.

$561.00

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.

$151.47 with BCBS - Anthem vs $17,179.00 with United — 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 $151.47 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $263.67 ↑ +7%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $280.50 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $347.82 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $375.87 ↑ +53%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $392.70 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $392.70 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $392.70 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|Sea View $392.70 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $392.70 ↑ +60%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $419.12 ↑ +71%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $419.12 ↑ +71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $437.58 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $443.19 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $443.19 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $443.19 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $443.19 ↑ +80%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $476.49 ↑ +94%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
United Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $504.26 ↑ +105%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $561.00 ↑ +128%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $561.00 ↑ +128%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $993.40 ↑ +304%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $1,008.52 ↑ +310%
United Commercial|HMO $10,481.00 ↑ +4165%
United Commercial|Navigate $17,179.00 ↑ +6891%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,179.00 ↑ +6891%

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Red blood cells washed each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $98.43 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,623.41 $277.03 – $3,717.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,486.86 $277.03 – $3,717.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $943.83 $277.03 – $2,035.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $933.65 $277.03 – $2,009.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $170.34 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $170.34 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $109.14 not published

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