Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout 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

$2,452.80

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.

$5,475.00

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.

$1,824.88 with Banner University Health Plan vs $9,776.25 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 $1,824.88 ↓ -26%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,824.88 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicaid $1,824.88 ↓ -26%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,824.88 ↓ -26%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,824.88 ↓ -26%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2,228.32 ↓ -9%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2,244.75 ↓ -8%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $2,356.99 ↓ -4%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,379.43 ↓ -3%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $2,463.75 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $2,463.75 ↑ +0%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $2,469.22 ↑ +1%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2,469.22 ↑ +1%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,469.22 ↑ +1%
Aetna Joint Venture $2,901.75 ↑ +18%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $3,055.05 ↑ +25%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $3,202.88 ↑ +31%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $3,322.23 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medical Rental $3,520.43 ↑ +44%
Aetna Broad Network $3,624.45 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $3,668.25 ↑ +50%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $3,703.84 ↑ +51%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $3,832.50 ↑ +56%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $4,358.10 ↑ +78%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $4,927.50 ↑ +101%
Provider Network of America Commercial $4,927.50 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $7,332.19 ↑ +199%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $7,821.00 ↑ +219%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $8,212.02 ↑ +235%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $9,337.61 ↑ +281%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $9,776.25 ↑ +299%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $9,776.25 ↑ +299%

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,795.69 $1,021.94 – $5,620.64
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,527.53 $1,824.88 – $4,106.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,330.42 $1,824.88 – $4,380.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $936.22 $1,824.88 – $4,380.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,193.55 $1,824.88 – $4,106.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $1,242.83 $1,824.88 – $4,380.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $865.05 $1,824.88 – $4,106.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $974.55 $1,824.88 – $4,380.00

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