Mlh1 gene 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

$88.08

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.

$157.00

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.

$38.46 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $317.33 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 $38.46 ↓ -56%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $64.37 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $64.37 ↓ -27%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $83.68 ↓ -5%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $86.90 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $136.59 ↑ +55%
Multiplan Commercial $141.30 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Commercial $146.01 ↑ +66%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $149.15 ↑ +69%
Coventry Commercial $150.72 ↑ +71%
First Health Medical Rental $150.72 ↑ +71%
Coventry Workers Comp $150.72 ↑ +71%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $152.29 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicare $152.29 ↑ +73%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $317.33 ↑ +260%

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Mlh1 gene at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $156.22 $182.50 – $495.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $239.76 $192.32 – $352.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $143.08 $98.55 – $582.55
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $133.56 $180.00 – $552.67
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $132.12 $180.00 – $552.67
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $105.84 $75.60 – $360.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $283.97 $189.80 – $357.70
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $198.93 $192.32 – $365.00

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