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Head CT scan (with contrast) at Banner Churchill Community Hospital

801 East Williams Avenue, Fallon, NV · Banner Health · · NPI 1265811251

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 12, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$583.80

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.

$1,390.00

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.

$361.40 with Aetna vs $1,334.40 with Coventry — 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
Aetna Commercial $361.40 ↓ -38%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $444.80 ↓ -24%
Hometown Health Seniorcare $444.80 ↓ -24%
Optum Medicare $444.80 ↓ -24%
SilverSummit Healthplan Medicare Advantage $444.80 ↓ -24%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $444.80 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare Advantage $471.49 ↓ -19%
Hometown Health HMO $1,251.00 ↑ +114%
Hometown Health PPO/EPO $1,251.00 ↑ +114%
Nevada Preferred Healthcare Providers commerical $1,251.00 ↑ +114%
SilverSummit Healthplan Commercial Exchange $1,251.00 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,251.00 ↑ +114%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado HMO/Indemnity/PPO/Pathway/Pathway X $1,278.80 ↑ +119%
Aetna Medical Rental Products $1,306.60 ↑ +124%
Multiplan Commercial $1,306.60 ↑ +124%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $1,312.16 ↑ +125%
Hometown Health Lease Networks $1,320.50 ↑ +126%
Coventry Commercial $1,334.40 ↑ +129%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,334.40 ↑ +129%

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