Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath 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

$686.35

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.

$1,567.00

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.

$215.45 with Health Net vs $10,984.00 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 $215.45 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $215.45 ↓ -69%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $262.54 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $423.09 ↓ -38%
United Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +14%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $785.56 ↑ +14%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $861.85 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $971.54 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $1,018.55 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,049.89 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|Sea View $1,096.90 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $1,096.90 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $1,096.90 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $1,096.90 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $1,096.90 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,222.26 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $1,228.00 ↑ +79%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,300.61 ↑ +89%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $1,452.04 ↑ +112%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,567.00 ↑ +128%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $1,571.12 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $1,782.00 ↑ +160%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,445.00 ↑ +548%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,529.00 ↑ +560%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,932.00 ↑ +619%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $6,264.00 ↑ +813%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $6,264.00 ↑ +813%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $7,549.00 ↑ +1000%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,549.00 ↑ +1000%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,984.00 ↑ +1500%

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Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,171.47 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,459.06 $175.16 – $961.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,336.33 $125.55 – $465.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,024.71 $175.16 – $2,209.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,013.66 $175.16 – $2,181.98
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,302.54 $890.68 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,310.19 $806.82 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $710.94 $721.00 – $3,982.87

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