11-desoxycortisol - sendout at Banner Lassen Medical Center

1800 Spring Ridge Drive, Susanville, CA · Banner Health · · NPI 1538197231

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 12, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$21.91

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.

$35.00

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.

$5.86 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $42.93 with Partnership HealthPlan of CA — 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
Anthem Blue Cross California Medicare Advantage $5.86 ↓ -73%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $14.35 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $14.35 ↓ -35%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $18.66 ↓ -15%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $19.37 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $30.45 ↑ +39%
Multiplan Commercial $31.50 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Commercial $32.55 ↑ +49%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $33.25 ↑ +52%
Coventry Workers Comp $33.60 ↑ +53%
Coventry Commercial $33.60 ↑ +53%
First Health Medical Rental $33.60 ↑ +53%
Health Net Medicare $33.95 ↑ +55%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $33.95 ↑ +55%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $42.93 ↑ +96%

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11-desoxycortisol - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.42 $13.24 – $75.43
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $26.95 $7.15 – $88.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.37 $13.97 – $84.13
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.26 $13.97 – $84.13
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $15.96 $2.80 – $22.36
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8.22 $5.87 – $27.94
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $118.42 $14.53 – $27.94
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $14.39 $8.11 – $27.94

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