Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites at Banner Lassen Medical Center
1800 Spring Ridge Drive, Susanville, CA · Banner Health · · NPI 1538197231
$7.81
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.
$14.00
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.
$1.20 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $13.58 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 | $1.20 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $5.74 | ↓ -27% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $5.74 | ↓ -27% |
| Network Providers, LLC | California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) | $7.46 | ↓ -4% |
| Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc | Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage | $7.75 | ↓ -1% |
| Partnership HealthPlan of CA | Partnership Medi-Cal | $8.79 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield of California | CalPERS PPO | $12.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $12.60 | ↑ +61% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $13.02 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY | Commercial | $13.30 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Medical Rental | $13.44 | ↑ +72% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $13.44 | ↑ +72% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $13.44 | ↑ +72% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $13.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Net | Commercial Exchange | $13.58 | ↑ +74% |
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Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $67.02 | $2.35 – $15.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $57.63 | $5.87 – $48.91 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $32.96 | $4.34 – $15.42 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $337.00 | $3.88 – $14.69 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $30.19 | $2.35 – $18.13 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $76.43 | $5.99 – $17.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $75.61 | $5.99 – $17.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $57.63 | $5.99 – $61.81 |