Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at Banner Lassen Medical Center
1800 Spring Ridge Drive, Susanville, CA · Banner Health · · NPI 1538197231
$12.66
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.
$30.00
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.
$10.69 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $50.29 with Partnership HealthPlan of CA — 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 | $10.69 | ↓ -16% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $12.30 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $12.30 | ↓ -3% |
| Network Providers, LLC | California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) | $15.99 | ↑ +26% |
| Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc | Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage | $16.61 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield of California | CalPERS PPO | $26.10 | ↑ +106% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $27.00 | ↑ +113% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $27.90 | ↑ +120% |
| Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY | Commercial | $28.50 | ↑ +125% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $28.80 | ↑ +127% |
| First Health | Medical Rental | $28.80 | ↑ +127% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $28.80 | ↑ +127% |
| Health Net | Commercial Exchange | $29.10 | ↑ +130% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $29.10 | ↑ +130% |
| Partnership HealthPlan of CA | Partnership Medi-Cal | $50.29 | ↑ +297% |
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Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $165.57 | $59.71 – $294.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $316.71 | $70.23 – $98.94 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $14.30 | $16.70 – $79.36 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $85.25 | $8.65 – $33.41 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $13.09 | $9.02 – $93.29 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $105.37 | $22.59 – $88.51 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $104.23 | $22.59 – $88.51 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $215.73 | $73.99 – $101.40 |