Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$222.51
Cash price 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.
$508.00
Gross charge 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.
$137.16 with BCBS - Anthem vs $914.12 with Clinicas — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $137.16 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $176.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $190.18 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $190.18 | ↓ -15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $254.00 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $294.52 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $294.52 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $294.82 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $294.82 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $314.96 | ↑ +42% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $330.20 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $340.36 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $349.51 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $349.51 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $349.51 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $349.51 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $355.60 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $355.60 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $355.60 | ↑ +60% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $355.60 | ↑ +60% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $355.60 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $396.24 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $428.83 | ↑ +93% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Other Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Other Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|Sea View | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Valley Care IPA | Commercial|All Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $485.30 | ↑ +118% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $552.74 | ↑ +148% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $552.74 | ↑ +148% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $813.52 | ↑ +266% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $914.12 | ↑ +311% |
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Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $653.82 | $163.66 – $566.82 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $141.24 | $109.34 – $536.77 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $291.05 | $56.81 – $215.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $129.36 | $59.05 – $631.01 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $191.44 | $123.13 – $598.65 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $189.38 | $123.13 – $598.65 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $613.53 | $206.83 – $566.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $409.53 | $234.54 – $566.82 |