Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 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

$551.23

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.

$1,056.00

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.

$87.85 with Partnership HealthPlan of CA vs $1,024.32 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 $87.85 ↓ -84%
Anthem Blue Cross California Medicare Advantage $140.72 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $432.96 ↓ -21%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $432.96 ↓ -21%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $562.85 ↑ +2%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $584.50 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $918.72 ↑ +67%
Multiplan Commercial $950.40 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Commercial $982.08 ↑ +78%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $1,003.20 ↑ +82%
Coventry Commercial $1,013.76 ↑ +84%
First Health Medical Rental $1,013.76 ↑ +84%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,013.76 ↑ +84%
Health Net Medicare $1,024.32 ↑ +86%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $1,024.32 ↑ +86%

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $342.96 $75.14 – $1,566.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,031.84 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,168.44 $61.09 – $2,497.04
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,860.81 $61.09 – $1,197.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,038.80 $61.09 – $1,940.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $963.86 $61.09 – $976.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $953.47 $61.09 – $963.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,430.55 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00

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