App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at Banner Payson Medical Center

807 South Ponderosa Street, Payson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1063923340

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$51.96

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.

$91.00

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.

$37.04 with Aetna vs $2,251.77 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 Banner Employee Plans $37.04 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $37.31 ↓ -28%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $37.31 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $37.31 ↓ -28%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $37.31 ↓ -28%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $37.31 ↓ -28%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare $37.31 ↓ -28%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $37.31 ↓ -28%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $39.18 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare Advantage $39.55 ↓ -24%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $40.95 ↓ -21%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $40.95 ↓ -21%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.04 ↓ -21%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $41.04 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $41.04 ↓ -21%
Aetna Joint Venture $48.23 ↓ -7%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $50.78 ↓ -2%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $53.23 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $55.22 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medical Rental $58.51 ↑ +13%
Aetna Broad Network $60.24 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $60.97 ↑ +17%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $61.56 ↑ +18%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $63.70 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $72.44 ↑ +39%
Provider Network of America Commercial $81.90 ↑ +58%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $81.90 ↑ +58%
Health Net Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +59%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +59%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $82.69 ↑ +59%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +59%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,688.83 ↑ +3150%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,801.41 ↑ +3367%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,891.48 ↑ +3540%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $2,150.74 ↑ +4039%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,251.77 ↑ +4234%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,251.77 ↑ +4234%

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App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $333.58 $26.11 – $1,215.84
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $47.14 $18.20 – $636.64
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $34.94 $18.20 – $1,636.41
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $40.95 $18.20 – $958.32
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $922.15 $26.11 – $1,907.06
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $2,617.04 $26.11 – $46.55
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $363.41 $26.11 – $1,139.04
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $82.69 – $1,396.11

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