Cell function assay w/stim 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

$90.45

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.

$142.00

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.

$27.17 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $137.74 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 $27.17 ↓ -70%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $58.22 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $58.22 ↓ -36%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $75.69 ↓ -16%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $78.60 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $123.54 ↑ +37%
Multiplan Commercial $127.80 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Commercial $132.06 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $134.90 ↑ +49%
First Health Medical Rental $136.32 ↑ +51%
Coventry Workers Comp $136.32 ↑ +51%
Coventry Commercial $136.32 ↑ +51%
Health Net Medicare $137.74 ↑ +52%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $137.74 ↑ +52%

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Cell function assay w/stim at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $136.37 $12.87 – $350.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $53.85 $13.94 – $25.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $124.90 $6.95 – $411.52
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $145.00 $42.05 – $80.85
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $63.36 $64.77 – $1,216.56
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $39.29 $19.72 – $247.71
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $104.20 $94.34 – $137.99
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $51.26 $17.79 – $472.99

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