Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day 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

$488.88

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.

$1,008.00

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.

$40.68 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $977.76 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 $40.68 ↓ -92%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $67.32 ↓ -86%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $413.28 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $413.28 ↓ -15%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $537.26 ↑ +10%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $557.93 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $876.96 ↑ +79%
Multiplan Commercial $907.20 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare Commercial $937.44 ↑ +92%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $957.60 ↑ +96%
Coventry Commercial $967.68 ↑ +98%
Coventry Workers Comp $967.68 ↑ +98%
First Health Medical Rental $967.68 ↑ +98%
Health Net Medicare $977.76 ↑ +100%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $977.76 ↑ +100%

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Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,508.78 $51.47 – $4,014.66
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,532.77 $295.10 – $415.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,133.63 $54.94 – $3,407.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,244.09 $72.68 – $3,198.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,217.93 $54.94 – $2,839.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,340.33 $72.68 – $5,353.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,293.54 $72.68 – $12,607.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,335.40 $310.92 – $525.54

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