App high cost ss t/a/l <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

$46.82

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.

$82.00

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.

$33.37 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 $33.37 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $33.62 ↓ -28%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $33.62 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $33.62 ↓ -28%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $33.62 ↓ -28%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $33.62 ↓ -28%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare $33.62 ↓ -28%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $33.62 ↓ -28%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $35.30 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare Advantage $35.64 ↓ -24%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $36.90 ↓ -21%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $36.90 ↓ -21%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.98 ↓ -21%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $36.98 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $36.98 ↓ -21%
Aetna Joint Venture $43.46 ↓ -7%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $45.76 ↓ -2%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $47.97 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $49.76 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medical Rental $52.73 ↑ +13%
Aetna Broad Network $54.28 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $54.94 ↑ +17%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $55.47 ↑ +18%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $57.40 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $65.27 ↑ +39%
Provider Network of America Commercial $73.80 ↑ +58%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $73.80 ↑ +58%
Health Net Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +77%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +77%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $82.69 ↑ +77%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +77%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,688.83 ↑ +3507%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,801.41 ↑ +3748%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,891.48 ↑ +3940%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $2,150.74 ↑ +4494%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,251.77 ↑ +4709%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,251.77 ↑ +4709%

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App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $666.91 $17.52 – $2,087.47
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $42.48 $16.40 – $636.64
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $31.49 $16.40 – $1,636.41
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $36.90 $16.40 – $958.32
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $1,182.29 $17.52 – $1,187.47
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $2,617.04 $17.52 – $31.35
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $726.55 $17.52 – $2,277.24
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West not published $82.69 – $636.64

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