Cell count w differential body fluid 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

$7.79

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.

$17.00

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.

$5.60 with Banner University Health Plan vs $26.49 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 $5.60 ↓ -28%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $5.60 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid $5.60 ↓ -28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $5.60 ↓ -28%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $5.60 ↓ -28%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $6.92 ↓ -11%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $6.97 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $6.97 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicare $6.97 ↓ -11%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $6.97 ↓ -11%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $6.97 ↓ -11%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $6.97 ↓ -11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $6.97 ↓ -11%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $7.32 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.39 ↓ -5%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $7.65 ↓ -2%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $7.65 ↓ -2%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $7.67 ↓ -2%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $7.67 ↓ -2%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.67 ↓ -2%
Aetna Joint Venture $9.01 ↑ +16%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $9.49 ↑ +22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $9.95 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $10.32 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medical Rental $10.93 ↑ +40%
Aetna Broad Network $11.25 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $11.39 ↑ +46%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $11.50 ↑ +48%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $11.90 ↑ +53%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $13.53 ↑ +74%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $15.30 ↑ +96%
Provider Network of America Commercial $15.30 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $19.87 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $21.19 ↑ +172%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $22.25 ↑ +186%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $25.30 ↑ +225%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $26.49 ↑ +240%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $26.49 ↑ +240%

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Cell count w differential body fluid at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $118.33 $5.60 – $94.71
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $9.88 $5.60 – $12.75
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $4.88 $5.60 – $12.75
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $5.73 $5.60 – $12.75
Banner Page Hospital Page $10.35 $5.60 – $16.15
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $102.14 $3.36 – $364.39
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $130.27 $2.35 – $269.39
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $167.70 $5.60 – $10.20

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