Icd crtp serena MRI 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

$30,536.64

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.

$43,804.00

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.

$2,503.05 with United Healthcare vs $5,921.85 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
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $2,503.05 ↓ -92%
Anthem Blue Cross California Medicare Advantage $2,503.05 ↓ -92%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $2,503.05 ↓ -92%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $3,253.97 ↓ -89%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $3,379.12 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $5,311.35 ↓ -83%
Multiplan Commercial $5,494.50 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,677.65 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $5,799.75 ↓ -81%
Coventry Workers Comp $5,860.80 ↓ -81%
Coventry Commercial $5,860.80 ↓ -81%
First Health Medical Rental $5,860.80 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare $5,921.85 ↓ -81%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $5,921.85 ↓ -81%

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Icd crtp serena MRI at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $20,865.01 $4,383.12 – $14,245.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $18,604.80 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22,428.49 $4,201.18 – $17,900.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20,541.98 $3,470.54 – $17,900.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12,725.30 $5,073.75 – $16,236.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23,504.52 $5,073.75 – $16,033.05
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $18,604.80 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,435.80 not published

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