Mayo vitamin b3 (niacin) 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.

$3.41 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $20.84 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 $3.41 ↓ -95%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $7.79 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $7.79 ↓ -89%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $10.13 ↓ -85%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $10.52 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $16.53 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Commercial $17.10 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.67 ↓ -74%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $18.05 ↓ -74%
Coventry Commercial $18.24 ↓ -74%
First Health Medical Rental $18.24 ↓ -74%
Coventry Workers Comp $18.24 ↓ -74%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $18.43 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare $18.43 ↓ -73%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $20.84 ↓ -70%

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Mayo vitamin b3 (niacin) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $42.93 $17.06 – $76.44
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $87.72 $16.72 – $94.58
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $54.57 $12.63 – $78.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $65.27 $12.63 – $96.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $49.98 $12.63 – $78.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $36.36 $3.50 – $49.03
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $35.97 $3.50 – $49.03
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $87.72 $17.06 – $119.53

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