Cholesterol body fluid 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

$49.60

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.

$310.00

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.

$3.01 with EHN - ALL PLANS vs $50.98 with CIGNA HMO — 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 $3.01 ↓ -94%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $3.95 ↓ -92%
VCHCP - ALL PLANS VCHCP - ALL PLANS $4.01 ↓ -92%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $4.16 ↓ -92%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $4.16 ↓ -92%
HPN SENIOR HMO HPN SENIOR HMO $4.18 ↓ -92%
BC EXCHANGE BC EXCHANGE $4.33 ↓ -91%
BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS $4.60 ↓ -91%
BC NON MCS BC NON MCS $4.81 ↓ -90%
BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $4.81 ↓ -90%
KAISER - ALL PLANS KAISER - ALL PLANS $5.02 ↓ -90%
HPN - ALL OTHER PLANS HPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $5.04 ↓ -90%
WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS $5.22 ↓ -89%
AETNA - ALL PLANS AETNA - ALL PLANS $5.52 ↓ -89%
SCAN MCR ADV - ALL PLANS SCAN MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $6.02 ↓ -88%
PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS $6.52 ↓ -87%
FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS $6.52 ↓ -87%
BEECH STREET PPO - ALL PLANS BEECH STREET PPO - ALL PLANS $7.52 ↓ -85%
CHOICECARE PPO - ALL PLANS CHOICECARE PPO - ALL PLANS $7.52 ↓ -85%
HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS $7.56 ↓ -85%
CORVEL CORP - ALL PLANS CORVEL CORP - ALL PLANS $8.02 ↓ -84%
INTERPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS INTERPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS $8.02 ↓ -84%
MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS $8.32 ↓ -83%
TRPN PPO - ALL PLANS TRPN PPO - ALL PLANS $8.53 ↓ -83%
AHF - ALL PLANS AHF - ALL PLANS $8.53 ↓ -83%
HMN PPO/EPO - ALL PLANS HMN PPO/EPO - ALL PLANS $8.53 ↓ -83%
FPN PPO - ALL PLANS FPN PPO - ALL PLANS $9.03 ↓ -82%
GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS $12.34 ↓ -75%
CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS $50.98 ↑ +3%
CIGNA HMO CIGNA HMO $50.98 ↑ +3%

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