Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$27.26

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.

$58.00

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.

$16.18 with Banner University Health Plan vs $76.53 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $16.18 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $16.18 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicaid $16.18 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $16.18 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $16.18 ↓ -41%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $19.94 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $20.09 ↓ -26%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $20.09 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicare $20.09 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $20.09 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $20.09 ↓ -26%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $20.09 ↓ -26%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $20.09 ↓ -26%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $21.09 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare Advantage $21.30 ↓ -22%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $22.05 ↓ -19%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $22.05 ↓ -19%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $22.10 ↓ -19%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $22.10 ↓ -19%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.10 ↓ -19%
Aetna Joint Venture $25.97 ↓ -5%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $27.34 ↑ +0%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $28.66 ↑ +5%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $29.73 ↑ +9%
Aetna Medical Rental $31.51 ↑ +16%
Aetna Broad Network $32.44 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $32.83 ↑ +20%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $33.15 ↑ +22%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $34.30 ↑ +26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $39.00 ↑ +43%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $44.10 ↑ +62%
Provider Network of America Commercial $44.10 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $57.40 ↑ +111%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $61.23 ↑ +125%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $64.29 ↑ +136%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $73.10 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $76.53 ↑ +181%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $76.53 ↑ +181%

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $15.93 $9.07 – $49.84
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $14.88 $16.18 – $36.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $9.40 $16.18 – $39.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.05 $16.18 – $39.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $7.37 $16.18 – $43.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $33.98 $16.18 – $40.60
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $8.76 $16.18 – $46.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $6.55 $16.18 – $36.75

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