MRI guid ndl plc s&i at Banner Lassen Medical Center
1800 Spring Ridge Drive, Susanville, CA · Banner Health · · NPI 1538197231
$571.98
Cash price 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.
$823.00
Gross charge 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.
$337.43 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $798.31 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem Blue Cross California | Medicare Advantage | $337.43 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $337.43 | ↓ -41% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $337.43 | ↓ -41% |
| Network Providers, LLC | California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) | $438.66 | ↓ -23% |
| Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc | Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage | $455.53 | ↓ -20% |
| Partnership HealthPlan of CA | Partnership Medi-Cal | $605.15 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield of California | CalPERS PPO | $716.01 | ↑ +25% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $740.70 | ↑ +29% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $765.39 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY | Commercial | $781.85 | ↑ +37% |
| First Health | Medical Rental | $790.08 | ↑ +38% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $790.08 | ↑ +38% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $790.08 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $798.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial Exchange | $798.31 | ↑ +40% |
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MRI guid ndl plc s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,959.82 | $366.76 – $4,487.42 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,260.74 | $366.76 – $2,298.10 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $435.52 | $299.97 – $2,111.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,989.73 | $2,511.83 – $3,353.21 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,310.81 | $2,563.69 – $2,852.78 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,454.72 | $1,837.14 – $4,257.80 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $834.20 | $330.08 – $1,907.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $736.16 | $330.08 – $1,922.00 |