Analgesics non-opioid definitive assay 1 or 2 acetaminophen 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

$96.40

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.

$154.00

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.

$2.87 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $6.79 with Health Net — 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 $2.87 ↓ -97%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $2.87 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $2.87 ↓ -97%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $3.73 ↓ -96%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $3.87 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $6.09 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Commercial $6.30 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $6.51 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $6.65 ↓ -93%
First Health Medical Rental $6.72 ↓ -93%
Coventry Workers Comp $6.72 ↓ -93%
Coventry Commercial $6.72 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicare $6.79 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $6.79 ↓ -93%

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Analgesics non-opioid definitive assay 1 or 2 acetaminophen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $623.22 $0.06 – $151.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $594.66 $362.45 – $362.45
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $82.62 $0.03 – $86.75
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $420.24 $363.30 – $363.30
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $600.78 $0.07 – $163.14
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $163.80 $0.02 – $124.58
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $436.45 $0.02 – $124.83
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $321.65 $0.02 – $98.84

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