Carbon dioxide at SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES

2975 Sycamore Dr, Simi Valley, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1063495190

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$20.96

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.

$131.00

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.

$1.46 with EHN - ALL PLANS vs $51.22 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.

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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
EHN - ALL PLANS EHN - ALL PLANS $1.46 ↓ -93%
VCHCP - ALL PLANS VCHCP - ALL PLANS $1.95 ↓ -91%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.03 ↓ -90%
HPN SENIOR HMO HPN SENIOR HMO $2.04 ↓ -90%
BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.24 ↓ -89%
GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS $2.40 ↓ -89%
KAISER - ALL PLANS KAISER - ALL PLANS $2.44 ↓ -88%
HPN - ALL OTHER PLANS HPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.45 ↓ -88%
WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS $2.54 ↓ -88%
AETNA - ALL PLANS AETNA - ALL PLANS $2.68 ↓ -87%
SCAN MCR ADV - ALL PLANS SCAN MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $2.93 ↓ -86%
PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS $3.17 ↓ -85%
FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS $3.17 ↓ -85%
CHOICECARE PPO - ALL PLANS CHOICECARE PPO - ALL PLANS $3.66 ↓ -83%
BEECH STREET PPO - ALL PLANS BEECH STREET PPO - ALL PLANS $3.66 ↓ -83%
HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS $3.68 ↓ -82%
CORVEL CORP - ALL PLANS CORVEL CORP - ALL PLANS $3.90 ↓ -81%
INTERPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS INTERPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS $3.90 ↓ -81%
MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS $4.05 ↓ -81%
AHF - ALL PLANS AHF - ALL PLANS $4.15 ↓ -80%
TRPN PPO - ALL PLANS TRPN PPO - ALL PLANS $4.15 ↓ -80%
HMN PPO/EPO - ALL PLANS HMN PPO/EPO - ALL PLANS $4.15 ↓ -80%
FPN PPO - ALL PLANS FPN PPO - ALL PLANS $4.39 ↓ -79%
FACEY MEDICAL MDCARE FACEY MEDICAL MDCARE $4.88 ↓ -77%
MEDICARE 1/1/21 MEDICARE 1/1/21 $4.88 ↓ -77%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $4.88 ↓ -77%
BLUE SHIELD MCARE BLUE SHIELD MCARE $4.88 ↓ -77%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS $4.88 ↓ -77%
FACEY MEDICAL HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS FACEY MEDICAL HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS $5.86 ↓ -72%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $7.03 ↓ -66%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $7.03 ↓ -66%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $8.78 ↓ -58%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $10.98 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HMO CIGNA HMO $15.84 ↓ -24%
CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS $15.84 ↓ -24%
BC EXCHANGE BC EXCHANGE $38.41 ↑ +83%
BC NON MCS BC NON MCS $42.68 ↑ +104%
BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $51.22 ↑ +144%

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