Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance 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

$155.84

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$324.00

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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.

$88.56 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $3,358.13 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $88.56 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $88.56 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $88.56 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $88.56 ↓ -43%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicare $88.56 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $88.56 ↓ -43%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $88.56 ↓ -43%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $92.99 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage $93.87 ↓ -40%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $97.20 ↓ -38%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $97.20 ↓ -38%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $97.42 ↓ -37%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $97.42 ↓ -37%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $97.42 ↓ -37%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $120.53 ↓ -23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $126.36 ↓ -19%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $131.07 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medical Rental $138.89 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $144.72 ↓ -7%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $146.12 ↓ -6%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $151.20 ↓ -3%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $171.94 ↑ +10%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +22%
Health Net Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +22%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $189.35 ↑ +22%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +22%
Provider Network of America Commercial $194.40 ↑ +25%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $194.40 ↑ +25%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +651%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,518.60 ↑ +1516%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,686.50 ↑ +1624%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,820.82 ↑ +1710%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $3,207.46 ↑ +1958%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,358.13 ↑ +2055%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,358.13 ↑ +2055%
Aetna Joint Venture not published by hospital
Aetna Broad Network not published by hospital

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $263.85 $98.20 – $4,018.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $288.58 $106.00 – $2,082.06
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $418.97 $106.00 – $2,041.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $252.05 $98.20 – $4,018.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $212.99 $98.20 – $4,018.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $204.15 $98.20 – $1,851.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $156.63 $98.20 – $4,018.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $260.90 $98.20 – $4,018.00

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