Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$1,284.97

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.

$1,915.00

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.

$80.37 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $1,857.55 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 $80.37 ↓ -94%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $133.50 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $785.15 ↓ -39%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $785.15 ↓ -39%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $1,020.70 ↓ -21%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $1,059.95 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $1,666.05 ↑ +30%
Multiplan Commercial $1,723.50 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,780.95 ↑ +39%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $1,819.25 ↑ +42%
Coventry Commercial $1,838.40 ↑ +43%
First Health Medical Rental $1,838.40 ↑ +43%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,838.40 ↑ +43%
Health Net Medicare $1,857.55 ↑ +45%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $1,857.55 ↑ +45%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $383.25 $175.58 – $1,824.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,815.09 $538.74 – $589.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,037.71 $116.06 – $4,057.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,399.93 $116.06 – $2,195.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,480.98 $116.06 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $526.82 $116.06 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $521.14 $116.06 – $1,976.45
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,943.61 $567.62 – $718.83

All California hospitals for this procedure →