MRI breast c-+ w/cad uni 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

$1,576.26

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.

$2,268.00

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.

$547.04 with Partnership HealthPlan of CA vs $2,199.96 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
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $547.04 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $929.88 ↓ -41%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $929.88 ↓ -41%
Anthem Blue Cross California Medicare Advantage $929.88 ↓ -41%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $1,208.84 ↓ -23%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $1,255.34 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $1,973.16 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $2,041.20 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,109.24 ↑ +34%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $2,154.60 ↑ +37%
First Health Medical Rental $2,177.28 ↑ +38%
Coventry Commercial $2,177.28 ↑ +38%
Coventry Workers Comp $2,177.28 ↑ +38%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $2,199.96 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicare $2,199.96 ↑ +40%

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MRI breast c-+ w/cad uni at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,576.45 $459.63 – $2,928.65
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,520.02 $459.63 – $3,202.50
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,296.75 $459.63 – $2,563.69
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,588.16 $459.63 – $3,824.98
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,238.25 $459.63 – $1,860.23
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,840.60 $459.63 – $1,863.97
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $3,690.72 $459.63 – $3,611.41
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $2,475.84 $459.63 – $3,534.12

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