Cta neck without &/or w/contrast 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

$1,161.09

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.

$2,066.00

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.

$35.60 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $2,004.02 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 $35.60 ↓ -97%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $437.55 ↓ -62%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $847.06 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $847.06 ↓ -27%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $1,101.18 ↓ -5%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $1,143.53 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $1,797.42 ↑ +55%
Multiplan Commercial $1,859.40 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,921.38 ↑ +65%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $1,962.70 ↑ +69%
Coventry Commercial $1,983.36 ↑ +71%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,983.36 ↑ +71%
First Health Medical Rental $1,983.36 ↑ +71%
Health Net Medicare $2,004.02 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $2,004.02 ↑ +73%

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Cta neck without &/or w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,582.06 $226.19 – $2,817.36
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $9,072.39 $236.37 – $1,705.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,379.68 $226.19 – $4,304.16
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $10,217.78 $265.18 – $3,909.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,977.25 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,093.19 $226.19 – $4,513.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,070.62 $226.19 – $4,457.18
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,903.94 $249.04 – $2,154.82

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