Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

$800.67

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.

$1,828.00

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.

$449.01 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 $449.01 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $555.48 ↓ -31%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $555.48 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $781.61 ↓ -2%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $831.50 ↑ +4%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $1,023.46 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,031.06 ↑ +29%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $1,080.95 ↑ +35%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $1,110.96 ↑ +39%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,114.21 ↑ +39%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $1,164.10 ↑ +45%
United Medicare|Sea View $1,164.10 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $1,164.10 ↑ +45%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $1,164.10 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $1,228.00 ↑ +53%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $1,279.60 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,297.14 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $1,313.77 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $1,313.77 ↑ +64%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,380.29 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,444.12 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $1,444.12 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,663.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,663.00 ↑ +108%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $1,782.00 ↑ +123%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,445.00 ↑ +455%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,932.00 ↑ +516%
United Commercial|HMO $10,481.00 ↑ +1209%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,179.00 ↑ +2046%
United Commercial|Navigate $17,179.00 ↑ +2046%

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $811.86 $87.44 – $1,031.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,716.15 $593.00 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,691.03 $555.48 – $3,871.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,328.01 $515.85 – $1,954.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,548.80 $555.48 – $3,717.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $818.80 $555.48 – $1,765.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $809.97 $555.48 – $1,064.92
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,041.02 $626.41 – $6,200.00

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