Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at Banner Churchill Community Hospital
801 East Williams Avenue, Fallon, NV · Banner Health · · NPI 1265811251
$488.05
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.
$1,511.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$261.82 with Aetna vs $966.72 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.
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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| Aetna | Commercial | $261.82 | ↓ -46% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | $322.24 | ↓ -34% |
| Optum | Medicare | $322.24 | ↓ -34% |
| SilverSummit Healthplan | Medicare Advantage | $322.24 | ↓ -34% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $322.24 | ↓ -34% |
| Hometown Health | Seniorcare | $322.24 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $341.57 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $906.30 | ↑ +86% |
| Nevada Preferred Healthcare Providers | commerical | $906.30 | ↑ +86% |
| Hometown Health | PPO/EPO | $906.30 | ↑ +86% |
| SilverSummit Healthplan | Commercial Exchange | $906.30 | ↑ +86% |
| Hometown Health | HMO | $906.30 | ↑ +86% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | HMO/Indemnity/PPO/Pathway/Pathway X | $926.44 | ↑ +90% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $946.58 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental Products | $946.58 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY | Commercial | $950.61 | ↑ +95% |
| Hometown Health | Lease Networks | $956.65 | ↑ +96% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $966.72 | ↑ +98% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $966.72 | ↑ +98% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other Nevada hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Siena Hospital | Henderson | $1,557.00 | $107.64 – $4,732.71 |
| San Martin Hospital | Las Vegas | $1,406.10 | $107.64 – $4,732.71 |
| Rose de Lima Hospital | Henderson | $1,961.68 | $107.64 – $4,732.71 |