Ghs inhibitor screen 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

$104.30

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.

$175.00

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.

$2.57 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $94.09 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 $2.57 ↓ -98%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $18.88 ↓ -82%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $39.77 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $39.77 ↓ -62%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $51.70 ↓ -50%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $53.69 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $84.39 ↓ -19%
Multiplan Commercial $87.30 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $90.21 ↓ -14%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $92.15 ↓ -12%
Coventry Commercial $93.12 ↓ -11%
Coventry Workers Comp $93.12 ↓ -11%
First Health Medical Rental $93.12 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicare $94.09 ↓ -10%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $94.09 ↓ -10%

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Ghs inhibitor screen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $103.04 $12.61 – $105.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $93.30 $12.87 – $73.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $85.45 $12.87 – $73.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $56.48 $12.87 – $121.78
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $55.87 $12.87 – $120.26
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $103.04 $12.87 – $132.79
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $103.04 $12.87 – $150.59
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $86.92 $12.87 – $121.78

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