Lactation class at SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES
2975 Sycamore Dr, Simi Valley, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1063495190
$179.20
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.
$1,120.00
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.
$55.20 with VCHCP - ALL PLANS vs $169.74 with GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL 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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| VCHCP - ALL PLANS | VCHCP - ALL PLANS | $55.20 | ↓ -69% |
| HPN SENIOR HMO | HPN SENIOR HMO | $57.55 | ↓ -68% |
| BC EXCHANGE | BC EXCHANGE | $59.60 | ↓ -67% |
| EHN - ALL PLANS | EHN - ALL PLANS | $61.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $63.34 | ↓ -65% |
| BC NON MCS | BC NON MCS | $66.23 | ↓ -63% |
| BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $66.23 | ↓ -63% |
| KAISER - ALL PLANS | KAISER - ALL PLANS | $69.00 | ↓ -61% |
| HPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | HPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | $69.28 | ↓ -61% |
| WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | $78.66 | ↓ -56% |
| CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $81.97 | ↓ -54% |
| CIGNA HMO | CIGNA HMO | $81.97 | ↓ -54% |
| SCAN MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | SCAN MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | $82.80 | ↓ -54% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $83.00 | ↓ -54% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $88.00 | ↓ -51% |
| FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS | $89.70 | ↓ -50% |
| PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS | PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS | $89.70 | ↓ -50% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $93.00 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA - ALL PLANS | AETNA - ALL PLANS | $95.08 | ↓ -47% |
| CHOICECARE PPO - ALL PLANS | CHOICECARE PPO - ALL PLANS | $103.50 | ↓ -42% |
| BEECH STREET PPO - ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET PPO - ALL PLANS | $103.50 | ↓ -42% |
| HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS | HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS | $104.04 | ↓ -42% |
| CORVEL CORP - ALL PLANS | CORVEL CORP - ALL PLANS | $110.40 | ↓ -38% |
| INTERPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS | $110.40 | ↓ -38% |
| MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS | $114.54 | ↓ -36% |
| HMN PPO/EPO - ALL PLANS | HMN PPO/EPO - ALL PLANS | $117.30 | ↓ -35% |
| TRPN PPO - ALL PLANS | TRPN PPO - ALL PLANS | $117.30 | ↓ -35% |
| AHF - ALL PLANS | AHF - ALL PLANS | $117.30 | ↓ -35% |
| FPN PPO - ALL PLANS | FPN PPO - ALL PLANS | $124.20 | ↓ -31% |
| GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS | GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS | $169.74 | ↓ -5% |
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Lactation class at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $24.40 | $20.00 – $40.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $22.74 | $10.80 – $39.20 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $161.39 | $217.50 – $348.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $159.65 | $217.50 – $435.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $104.96 | $74.97 – $292.74 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $213.73 | $249.00 – $415.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $175.45 | $30.10 – $19,277.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $178.45 | $103.75 – $415.00 |