Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES
2975 Sycamore Dr, Simi Valley, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1063495190
$44.64
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.
$279.00
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.
$48.04 with MEDICARE 1/1/21 vs $368.25 with BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS — 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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| MEDICARE 1/1/21 | MEDICARE 1/1/21 | $48.04 | ↑ +8% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $48.04 | ↑ +8% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | $48.04 | ↑ +8% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $48.04 | ↑ +8% |
| FACEY MEDICAL MDCARE | FACEY MEDICAL MDCARE | $48.04 | ↑ +8% |
| FACEY MEDICAL HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | FACEY MEDICAL HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $57.65 | ↑ +29% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $86.47 | ↑ +94% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $108.09 | ↑ +142% |
| VCHCP - ALL PLANS | VCHCP - ALL PLANS | $111.60 | ↑ +150% |
| HPN SENIOR HMO | HPN SENIOR HMO | $116.34 | ↑ +161% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $128.06 | ↑ +187% |
| KAISER - ALL PLANS | KAISER - ALL PLANS | $139.50 | ↑ +213% |
| HPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | HPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | $140.06 | ↑ +214% |
| WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | $159.03 | ↑ +256% |
| CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $165.73 | ↑ +271% |
| CIGNA HMO | CIGNA HMO | $165.73 | ↑ +271% |
| SCAN MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | SCAN MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | $167.40 | ↑ +275% |
| FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS | $181.35 | ↑ +306% |
| PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS | PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS | $181.35 | ↑ +306% |
| AETNA - ALL PLANS | AETNA - ALL PLANS | $192.23 | ↑ +331% |
| EHN - ALL PLANS | EHN - ALL PLANS | $195.00 | ↑ +337% |
| CHOICECARE PPO - ALL PLANS | CHOICECARE PPO - ALL PLANS | $209.25 | ↑ +369% |
| BEECH STREET PPO - ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET PPO - ALL PLANS | $209.25 | ↑ +369% |
| HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS | HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS | $210.34 | ↑ +371% |
| CORVEL CORP - ALL PLANS | CORVEL CORP - ALL PLANS | $223.20 | ↑ +400% |
| INTERPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS | $223.20 | ↑ +400% |
| MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS | $231.57 | ↑ +419% |
| HMN PPO/EPO - ALL PLANS | HMN PPO/EPO - ALL PLANS | $237.15 | ↑ +431% |
| AHF - ALL PLANS | AHF - ALL PLANS | $237.15 | ↑ +431% |
| TRPN PPO - ALL PLANS | TRPN PPO - ALL PLANS | $237.15 | ↑ +431% |
| FPN PPO - ALL PLANS | FPN PPO - ALL PLANS | $251.10 | ↑ +463% |
| BC EXCHANGE | BC EXCHANGE | $276.18 | ↑ +519% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $292.00 | ↑ +554% |
| BC NON MCS | BC NON MCS | $306.87 | ↑ +587% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $315.00 | ↑ +606% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $332.00 | ↑ +644% |
| GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS | GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS | $343.17 | ↑ +669% |
| BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $368.25 | ↑ +725% |
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Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $58.70 | $32.24 – $104.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $96.30 | $49.87 – $220.50 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $88.20 | $49.87 – $220.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $40.07 | $49.87 – $83.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $39.64 | $49.87 – $82.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $54.57 | $53.03 – $345.18 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $27.64 | $19.74 – $78.96 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $87.84 | $40.83 – $88.87 |