Blood, l/r, irradiated 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

$337.47

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.

$706.00

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.

$111.77 with Banner University Health Plan vs $780.96 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 $111.77 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $111.77 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid $111.77 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $111.77 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $111.77 ↓ -67%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $287.34 ↓ -15%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $289.46 ↓ -14%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $289.46 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicare $289.46 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $289.46 ↓ -14%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $289.46 ↓ -14%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $289.46 ↓ -14%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $289.46 ↓ -14%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $303.93 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare Advantage $306.83 ↓ -9%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $317.70 ↓ -6%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $317.70 ↓ -6%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $318.41 ↓ -6%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $318.41 ↓ -6%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $318.41 ↓ -6%
Aetna Joint Venture $374.18 ↑ +11%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $393.95 ↑ +17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $413.01 ↑ +22%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $428.40 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medical Rental $453.96 ↑ +35%
Aetna Broad Network $467.37 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $473.02 ↑ +40%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $477.61 ↑ +42%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $494.20 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $561.98 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $585.72 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $624.77 ↑ +85%
Provider Network of America Commercial $635.40 ↑ +88%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $635.40 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $656.00 ↑ +94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $745.92 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $780.96 ↑ +131%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $780.96 ↑ +131%

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Blood, l/r, irradiated at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $71.34 $40.60 – $223.30
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $180.74 $89.71 – $529.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $196.97 $89.71 – $564.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $119.31 $89.71 – $564.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $196.27 $89.71 – $529.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $79.78 $89.71 – $564.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $228.04 $89.71 – $529.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $210.39 $89.71 – $564.80

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