Nm imaging gastric emptying study 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

$1,769.43

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.

$2,637.00

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.

$80.37 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $2,557.89 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
Anthem Blue Cross California Medicare Advantage $80.37 ↓ -95%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $487.86 ↓ -72%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $1,081.17 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,081.17 ↓ -39%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $1,405.52 ↓ -21%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $1,459.58 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $2,294.19 ↑ +30%
Multiplan Commercial $2,373.30 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,452.41 ↑ +39%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $2,505.15 ↑ +42%
Coventry Commercial $2,531.52 ↑ +43%
Coventry Workers Comp $2,531.52 ↑ +43%
First Health Medical Rental $2,531.52 ↑ +43%
Health Net Medicare $2,557.89 ↑ +45%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $2,557.89 ↑ +45%

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,244.36 $510.57 – $2,215.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,785.22 $538.74 – $839.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,811.30 $424.11 – $3,607.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $4,713.95 $424.11 – $3,268.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,459.42 $422.82 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $575.80 $424.11 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $569.59 $390.28 – $1,976.45
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,284.00 $567.62 – $1,061.30

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