Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$734.53
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.
$1,677.00
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.
$130.32 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.
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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| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $130.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $158.81 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $452.79 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Valley Care IPA | Commercial|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Other Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Other Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|Sea View | $785.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $922.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,039.74 | ↑ +42% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,090.05 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,123.59 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $1,173.90 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $1,173.90 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $1,173.90 | ↑ +60% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,173.90 | ↑ +60% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $1,173.90 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,308.06 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,391.91 | ↑ +89% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $1,452.04 | ↑ +98% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,571.12 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,677.00 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,230.00 | ↑ +340% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|EPN | $3,977.00 | ↑ +441% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,445.00 | ↑ +505% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $4,465.00 | ↑ +508% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $4,465.00 | ↑ +508% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,932.00 | ↑ +571% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $5,383.00 | ↑ +633% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,383.00 | ↑ +633% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $5,772.00 | ↑ +686% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,832.00 | ↑ +966% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,090.98 | $152.34 – $1,351.21 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,134.86 | $845.36 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,178.52 | $105.95 – $2,878.26 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,367.30 | $68.82 – $260.68 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,918.84 | $105.95 – $1,774.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,548.19 | $105.95 – $1,569.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,531.50 | $105.95 – $1,549.98 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,569.09 | $890.68 – $6,200.00 |