Bronchial challenge 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

$211.86

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.

$409.00

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.

$166.46 with Aetna vs $368.10 with Arizona Medical Network — 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $166.46 ↓ -21%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $167.69 ↓ -21%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $167.69 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $167.69 ↓ -21%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $167.69 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare $167.69 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $167.69 ↓ -21%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -21%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $176.07 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare Advantage $177.75 ↓ -16%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $184.05 ↓ -13%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $184.05 ↓ -13%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $184.46 ↓ -13%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $184.46 ↓ -13%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $184.46 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $190.07 ↓ -10%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $191.73 ↓ -10%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $191.73 ↓ -10%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $191.73 ↓ -10%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $191.73 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicaid $191.73 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $202.74 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $212.87 ↑ +0%
Aetna Joint Venture $216.77 ↑ +2%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $228.22 ↑ +8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $239.26 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $242.05 ↑ +14%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $248.18 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $253.42 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $253.42 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medical Rental $262.99 ↑ +24%
Aetna Broad Network $270.76 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $274.03 ↑ +29%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $276.69 ↑ +31%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $286.30 ↑ +35%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $325.56 ↑ +54%
Provider Network of America Commercial $368.10 ↑ +74%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $368.10 ↑ +74%

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Bronchial challenge at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $283.46 $71.65 – $602.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $88.32 $149.50 – $547.63
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $122.36 $110.67 – $547.63
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $211.19 $184.17 – $602.25
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $556.48 $184.17 – $602.25
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $97.16 $184.17 – $602.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $148.56 $184.17 – $602.25
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $216.81 $184.17 – $602.25

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