Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at Banner Lassen Medical Center
1800 Spring Ridge Drive, Susanville, CA · Banner Health · · NPI 1538197231
$59.88
Cash price 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.
$94.00
Gross charge 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.
$2.88 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $91.18 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem Blue Cross California | Medicare Advantage | $2.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership HealthPlan of CA | Partnership Medi-Cal | $21.14 | ↓ -65% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $38.54 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $38.54 | ↓ -36% |
| Network Providers, LLC | California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) | $50.10 | ↓ -16% |
| Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc | Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage | $52.03 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield of California | CalPERS PPO | $81.78 | ↑ +37% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $84.60 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $87.42 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY | Commercial | $89.30 | ↑ +49% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $90.24 | ↑ +51% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $90.24 | ↑ +51% |
| First Health | Medical Rental | $90.24 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $91.18 | ↑ +52% |
| Health Net | Commercial Exchange | $91.18 | ↑ +52% |
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Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $23.97 | $14.12 – $100.35 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $23.97 | $14.41 – $126.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $23.97 | $14.41 – $143.81 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $23.97 | $144.15 – $144.15 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $23.97 | $14.12 – $107.89 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $22.56 | $12.25 – $28.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $11.67 | $7.80 – $14.70 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $5.51 | $6.77 – $10.10 |