Smear nasal eosinophil 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

$42.05

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.

$96.00

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.

$5.79 with BCBS - Anthem vs $96.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $5.79 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $5.79 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.95 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Navigate $6.95 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.95 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|HMO $6.95 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $10.05 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $10.05 ↓ -76%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $11.58 ↓ -72%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $11.58 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15.35 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.35 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $17.68 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $25.92 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $41.88 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $43.20 ↑ +3%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $48.00 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $59.52 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $59.52 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $62.40 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $64.32 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $67.20 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|Sea View $67.20 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $67.20 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $67.20 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $67.20 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $69.72 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $69.72 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $69.80 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $69.80 ↑ +66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $74.88 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $96.00 ↑ +128%

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Smear nasal eosinophil at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $94.35 $5.67 – $38.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $89.03 $5.79 – $16.66
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $45.29 $5.79 – $66.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $81.54 $4.59 – $17.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $40.81 $5.79 – $32.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $40.37 $5.79 – $32.39
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $264.69 $5.79 – $48.96
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $121.89 $5.79 – $55.53

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