Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at Banner Lassen Medical Center
1800 Spring Ridge Drive, Susanville, CA · Banner Health · · NPI 1538197231
$920.00
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.
$1,893.00
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.
$310.69 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $1,836.21 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 | $310.69 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership HealthPlan of CA | Partnership Medi-Cal | $331.11 | ↓ -64% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $776.13 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $776.13 | ↓ -16% |
| Network Providers, LLC | California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) | $1,008.97 | ↑ +10% |
| Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc | Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage | $1,047.78 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Shield of California | CalPERS PPO | $1,646.91 | ↑ +79% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,703.70 | ↑ +85% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,760.49 | ↑ +91% |
| Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY | Commercial | $1,798.35 | ↑ +95% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $1,817.28 | ↑ +98% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $1,817.28 | ↑ +98% |
| First Health | Medical Rental | $1,817.28 | ↑ +98% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,836.21 | ↑ +100% |
| Health Net | Commercial Exchange | $1,836.21 | ↑ +100% |
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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,876.40 | $303.59 – $3,734.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,012.57 | $1,921.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,157.55 | $200.67 – $4,195.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,976.08 | $200.67 – $4,195.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,829.41 | $200.67 – $3,829.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,809.68 | $200.67 – $3,781.73 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,887.62 | $2,235.08 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,587.63 | $2,024.63 – $9,858.00 |