_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at Banner Lassen Medical Center
1800 Spring Ridge Drive, Susanville, CA · Banner Health · · NPI 1538197231
$77.00
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.
$138.00
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.
$14.76 with Banner Health vs $169.19 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.
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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| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $14.76 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $14.76 | ↓ -81% |
| Network Providers, LLC | California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) | $19.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc | Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage | $19.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Anthem Blue Cross California | Medicare Advantage | $23.07 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield of California | CalPERS PPO | $31.32 | ↓ -59% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $32.40 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $33.48 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY | Commercial | $34.20 | ↓ -56% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $34.56 | ↓ -55% |
| First Health | Medical Rental | $34.56 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $34.56 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $34.92 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Commercial Exchange | $34.92 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership HealthPlan of CA | Partnership Medi-Cal | $169.19 | ↑ +120% |
Visitor-reported prices
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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $69.87 | $28.16 – $306.07 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $199.09 | $52.13 – $297.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $182.34 | $28.16 – $349.41 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $59.18 | $52.13 – $331.49 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $58.54 | $52.13 – $331.49 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $91.08 | $10.43 – $83.41 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $46.90 | $21.90 – $104.26 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $116.56 | $54.22 – $104.26 |