Chrom analysis 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

$52.40

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.

$105.00

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.

$34.81 with Banner University Health Plan vs $186.52 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 $34.81 ↓ -34%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -34%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -34%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $42.73 ↓ -18%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $43.05 ↓ -18%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $43.05 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicare $43.05 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $43.05 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $43.05 ↓ -18%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $43.05 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -18%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $45.20 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare Advantage $45.63 ↓ -13%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $47.25 ↓ -10%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $47.25 ↓ -10%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $47.35 ↓ -10%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $47.35 ↓ -10%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $47.35 ↓ -10%
Aetna Joint Venture $55.65 ↑ +6%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $58.59 ↑ +12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $61.42 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $63.71 ↑ +22%
Aetna Medical Rental $67.52 ↑ +29%
Aetna Broad Network $69.51 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $70.35 ↑ +34%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $71.03 ↑ +36%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $73.50 ↑ +40%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $83.58 ↑ +60%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $94.50 ↑ +80%
Provider Network of America Commercial $94.50 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $139.89 ↑ +167%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $149.22 ↑ +185%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $156.68 ↑ +199%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $178.15 ↑ +240%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $186.52 ↑ +256%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $186.52 ↑ +256%

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Chrom analysis at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $34.26 $19.46 – $107.03
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $41.50 $34.81 – $126.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $35.03 $34.81 – $114.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $33.75 $34.81 – $114.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $35.78 $34.81 – $126.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $36.29 $34.81 – $134.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $30.24 $34.81 – $126.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $34.61 $34.81 – $134.40

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