Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide 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

$68.86

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.

$110.00

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.

$7.07 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $106.70 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 $7.07 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $45.10 ↓ -35%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $45.10 ↓ -35%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $58.63 ↓ -15%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $60.88 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $95.70 ↑ +39%
Multiplan Commercial $99.00 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Commercial $102.30 ↑ +49%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $104.50 ↑ +52%
Coventry Workers Comp $105.60 ↑ +53%
Coventry Commercial $105.60 ↑ +53%
First Health Medical Rental $105.60 ↑ +53%
Health Net Medicare $106.70 ↑ +55%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $106.70 ↑ +55%

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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $15.30 $34.62 – $95.57
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $14.37 $16.79 – $91.01
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $13.16 $9.07 – $106.99
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.88 $16.00 – $101.51
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.75 $16.00 – $101.51
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $15.30 $35.33 – $120.78
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $15.30 $35.33 – $136.96
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $18.28 $3.20 – $25.60

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