Inj cntr knee arthro incl ct/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

$210.89

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.

$404.00

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.

$110.29 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $260.93 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 $110.29 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $110.29 ↓ -48%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $110.29 ↓ -48%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $143.38 ↓ -32%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $148.89 ↓ -29%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $215.62 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $234.03 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Commercial $242.10 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Commercial $250.17 ↑ +19%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $255.55 ↑ +21%
First Health Medical Rental $258.24 ↑ +22%
Coventry Workers Comp $258.24 ↑ +22%
Coventry Commercial $258.24 ↑ +22%
Health Net Medicare $260.93 ↑ +24%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $260.93 ↑ +24%

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Inj cntr knee arthro incl ct/mri at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $179.58 $110.70 – $319.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $278.46 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $467.81 $130.68 – $975.10
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,269.40 $130.68 – $859.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $390.04 $91.80 – $333.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $329.45 $130.68 – $790.32
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $325.90 $130.68 – $879.12
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $963.90 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00

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