Ghs nerve block brachial plexus 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

$598.19

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.

$857.00

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.

$119.18 with Partnership HealthPlan of CA vs $797.01 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
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $119.18 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $119.31 ↓ -80%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $119.31 ↓ -80%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $155.10 ↓ -74%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $161.07 ↓ -73%
Anthem Blue Cross California Medicare Advantage $178.06 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $253.17 ↓ -58%
Multiplan Commercial $261.90 ↓ -56%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $276.45 ↓ -54%
Coventry Commercial $279.36 ↓ -53%
Coventry Workers Comp $279.36 ↓ -53%
First Health Medical Rental $279.36 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare $282.27 ↓ -53%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $282.27 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Commercial $797.01 ↑ +33%

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Ghs nerve block brachial plexus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,122.22 $82.89 – $2,569.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $128.54 $49.93 – $189.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,027.83 $82.89 – $2,569.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,044.00 $82.89 – $2,072.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $950.53 $82.89 – $2,046.10
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,621.29 $1,255.83 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,498.82 $1,137.58 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,858.97 $82.89 – $2,693.88

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