Myelography neck spine at Banner Lassen Medical Center
1800 Spring Ridge Drive, Susanville, CA · Banner Health · · NPI 1538197231
$1,375.63
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.
$2,097.00
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.
$144.46 with Partnership HealthPlan of CA vs $2,034.09 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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| Partnership HealthPlan of CA | Partnership Medi-Cal | $144.46 | ↓ -89% |
| Anthem Blue Cross California | Medicare Advantage | $158.01 | ↓ -89% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $859.77 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $859.77 | ↓ -37% |
| Network Providers, LLC | California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) | $1,117.70 | ↓ -19% |
| Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc | Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage | $1,160.69 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield of California | CalPERS PPO | $1,824.39 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,887.30 | ↑ +37% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,950.21 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY | Commercial | $1,992.15 | ↑ +45% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $2,013.12 | ↑ +46% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $2,013.12 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | Medical Rental | $2,013.12 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $2,034.09 | ↑ +48% |
| Health Net | Commercial Exchange | $2,034.09 | ↑ +48% |
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Myelography neck spine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $844.47 | $189.99 – $3,463.45 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,362.69 | $125.58 – $3,751.09 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,348.00 | $125.58 – $3,751.09 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,421.08 | $807.98 – $1,393.90 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,308.89 | $125.58 – $1,036.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,277.76 | $570.12 – $1,865.27 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,972.45 | $125.58 – $873.40 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $2,306.70 | $125.58 – $11,688.52 |