Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$1,104.86

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.

$2,297.00

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.

$941.77 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $13,504.10 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $941.77 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $941.77 ↓ -15%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $941.77 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $941.77 ↓ -15%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare $941.77 ↓ -15%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $941.77 ↓ -15%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $941.77 ↓ -15%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $988.86 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare Advantage $998.28 ↓ -10%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,033.65 ↓ -6%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,033.65 ↓ -6%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,035.95 ↓ -6%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,035.95 ↓ -6%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,035.95 ↓ -6%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,281.73 ↑ +16%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,343.74 ↑ +22%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,393.82 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,476.97 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $1,538.99 ↑ +39%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,553.92 ↑ +41%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,607.90 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $1,828.41 ↑ +65%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,067.30 ↑ +87%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,067.30 ↑ +87%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $3,668.82 ↑ +232%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3,668.82 ↑ +232%
Health Net Medicaid $3,668.82 ↑ +232%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3,668.82 ↑ +232%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3,668.82 ↑ +232%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $4,094.00 ↑ +271%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $10,128.08 ↑ +817%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $10,803.28 ↑ +878%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $11,343.40 ↑ +927%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $12,898.20 ↑ +1067%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $13,504.10 ↑ +1122%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $13,504.10 ↑ +1122%
Aetna Broad Network not published by hospital
Aetna Joint Venture not published by hospital

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,459.21 $1,834.20 – $18,309.21
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $3,475.36 $3,350.90 – $18,309.21
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $5,045.50 $3,350.90 – $18,309.21
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,393.99 $1,426.60 – $18,309.21
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $1,129.05 $1,426.60 – $16,644.74
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,442.90 $1,426.60 – $18,309.21
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $1,573.34 $1,426.60 – $16,644.74
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $1,577.41 $1,426.60 – $18,309.21

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