Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$829.36

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.

$1,236.00

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.

$107.65 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $1,198.92 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 $107.65 ↓ -87%
Partnership HealthPlan of CA Partnership Medi-Cal $447.64 ↓ -46%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $506.76 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $506.76 ↓ -39%
Network Providers, LLC California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) $658.79 ↓ -21%
Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage $684.13 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield of California CalPERS PPO $1,075.32 ↑ +30%
Multiplan Commercial $1,112.40 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,149.48 ↑ +39%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $1,174.20 ↑ +42%
Coventry Commercial $1,186.56 ↑ +43%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,186.56 ↑ +43%
First Health Medical Rental $1,186.56 ↑ +43%
Health Net Medicare $1,198.92 ↑ +45%
Health Net Commercial Exchange $1,198.92 ↑ +45%

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,372.63 $271.30 – $4,848.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $457.82 $271.30 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $452.88 $271.30 – $2,565.73
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,385.49 $755.17 – $2,213.99
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,731.67 $698.35 – $2,421.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,641.38 $271.30 – $6,473.08
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,410.72 $593.60 – $1,291.95
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,287.59 $368.97 – $1,621.90

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