Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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

$627.76

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.

$1,064.00

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.

$38.13 with United Healthcare vs $989.52 with United Healthcare — 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
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Cross California Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -94%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $38.13 ↓ -94%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $49.57 ↓ -92%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $51.48 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $80.91 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Commercial $83.70 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $88.35 ↓ -86%
Coventry Commercial $89.28 ↓ -86%
Coventry Workers Comp $89.28 ↓ -86%
First Health Medical Rental $89.28 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare $90.21 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $90.21 ↓ -86%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $247.66 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Commercial $989.52 ↑ +58%

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,911.00 $307.13 – $3,403.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,435.65 $321.54 – $1,098.32
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $783.24 $215.30 – $1,793.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,082.25 $215.30 – $1,592.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $717.36 $215.30 – $1,688.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $528.68 $215.30 – $1,140.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $697.30 $215.30 – $1,125.75
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,888.53 $338.78 – $1,388.00

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