Application of paste boot 29580 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

$220.51

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.

$305.00

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.

$44.85 with Partnership HealthPlan of CA vs $196.91 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
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $44.85 ↓ -80%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $83.23 ↓ -62%
Anthem Blue Cross California Medicare Advantage $83.23 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $83.23 ↓ -62%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $108.20 ↓ -51%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $112.36 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $176.61 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Commercial $182.70 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Commercial $188.79 ↓ -14%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $192.85 ↓ -13%
First Health Medical Rental $194.88 ↓ -12%
Coventry Workers Comp $194.88 ↓ -12%
Coventry Commercial $194.88 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare $196.91 ↓ -11%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $196.91 ↓ -11%

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Application of paste boot 29580 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $146.91 $38.36 – $365.86
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $376.38 $218.99 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $213.15 $31.19 – $699.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $70.60 $27.43 – $103.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $195.22 $31.19 – $1,149.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $196.72 $31.19 – $423.44
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $442.17 $230.73 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $283.05 $209.00 – $8,018.00

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