Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$33.48

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.

$60.00

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.

$17.02 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $124.81 with Partnership HealthPlan of CA — 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 $17.02 ↓ -49%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $24.60 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $24.60 ↓ -27%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $31.98 ↓ -4%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $33.21 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $52.20 ↑ +56%
Multiplan Commercial $54.00 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Commercial $55.80 ↑ +67%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $57.00 ↑ +70%
Coventry Commercial $57.60 ↑ +72%
First Health Medical Rental $57.60 ↑ +72%
Coventry Workers Comp $57.60 ↑ +72%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $58.20 ↑ +74%
Health Net Medicare $58.20 ↑ +74%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $124.81 ↑ +273%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $26.28 $16.20 – $225.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $150.45 $83.40 – $211.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.67 $30.00 – $219.29
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $141.70 $32.48 – $60.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $23.52 $16.20 – $257.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $124.29 $30.00 – $244.57
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $122.95 $30.00 – $244.57
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $150.45 $85.10 – $266.90

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