X-ray bone survey infant at Banner Lassen Medical Center
1800 Spring Ridge Drive, Susanville, CA · Banner Health · · NPI 1538197231
$422.46
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.
$644.00
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.
$21.27 with Anthem Blue Cross California vs $624.68 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 | $21.27 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership HealthPlan of CA | Partnership Medi-Cal | $104.94 | ↓ -75% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $264.04 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $264.04 | ↓ -37% |
| Network Providers, LLC | California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) | $343.25 | ↓ -19% |
| Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc | Medi-Medi/Medicare Advantage | $356.45 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield of California | CalPERS PPO | $560.28 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $579.60 | ↑ +37% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $598.92 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY | Commercial | $611.80 | ↑ +45% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $618.24 | ↑ +46% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $618.24 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | Medical Rental | $618.24 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $624.68 | ↑ +48% |
| Health Net | Commercial Exchange | $624.68 | ↑ +48% |
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X-ray bone survey infant at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,024.80 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $249.66 | $96.22 – $527.07 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,024.80 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,024.80 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,024.80 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $577.20 | $96.00 – $96.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $577.20 | $96.00 – $96.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $1,024.80 | $142.00 – $142.00 |