Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level 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

$870.41

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.

$1,247.00

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.

$112.75 with Banner Health vs $772.83 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
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $112.75 ↓ -87%
Anthem Blue Cross California Medicare Advantage $112.75 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $112.75 ↓ -87%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $131.46 ↓ -85%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $146.57 ↓ -83%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $152.21 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $239.25 ↓ -73%
Multiplan Commercial $247.50 ↓ -72%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $261.25 ↓ -70%
Coventry Commercial $264.00 ↓ -70%
Coventry Workers Comp $264.00 ↓ -70%
First Health Medical Rental $264.00 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicare $266.75 ↓ -69%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $266.75 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Commercial $772.83 ↓ -11%

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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $459.47 $112.45 – $818.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $420.73 $91.42 – $963.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,358.98 $40.88 – $154.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $385.34 $91.42 – $796.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $432.59 $91.42 – $1,037.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,588.80 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $325.89 $2,335.00 – $3,982.87
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $326.64 $79.67 – $933.24

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