Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$220.32
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.
$503.00
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.
$42.58 with Health Net vs $503.00 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.
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 | $42.58 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.58 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $63.19 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $113.10 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $135.81 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $188.31 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $188.31 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $188.50 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $188.50 | ↓ -14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $251.50 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $274.18 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $311.86 | ↑ +42% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $326.95 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $337.01 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $352.10 | ↑ +60% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $352.10 | ↑ +60% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $352.10 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $352.10 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $352.10 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $392.34 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $503.00 | ↑ +128% |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $660.40 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $660.40 | not published |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $219.02 | $46.45 – $270.63 |