payment from a health care plan to a provider of services or supplier for items or services furnished by such provider or supplier to an individual with benefits under such plan in a case in which section 1866(l)(1)(A) or subsection (l)(2) of such section applies and such plan or such provider or supplier requests a review of such payment, a review process described in this subsection is a process by which an independent health care expert determines the amount of the payment to be made by such plan to such provider or supplier using the methodology described in subsection (d) and notifies the individual furnished such items or services of such determination within 30 days of making such determination. (d) Methodology In the case of payment from a health care plan to a provider of services or supplier for items or services furnished by such provider or supplier to an individual with benefits under such plan, the methodology described in this subsection consists of an independent health care expert determining an amount to be paid by the plan to the provider or supplier by selecting one of the following amounts: (1) The lesser of— (A) an amount proposed by the provider of services or supplier that furnished such items or services