Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) 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

$15.65

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.

$25.00

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.

$5.05 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $37.08 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 $5.05 ↓ -68%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $10.25 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $10.25 ↓ -35%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $13.32 ↓ -15%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $21.75 ↑ +39%
Multiplan Commercial $22.50 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Commercial $23.25 ↑ +49%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $23.75 ↑ +52%
Coventry Commercial $24.00 ↑ +53%
First Health Medical Rental $24.00 ↑ +53%
Coventry Workers Comp $24.00 ↑ +53%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $24.25 ↑ +55%
Health Net Medicare $24.25 ↑ +55%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $37.08 ↑ +137%

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Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4.82 $2.97 – $67.07
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.69 $24.76 – $206.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.42 $5.50 – $65.13
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $241.76 $5.96 – $11.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $26.95 $2.97 – $76.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.22 $5.50 – $72.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.15 $5.50 – $72.64
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $51.69 $25.27 – $260.72

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