Chromatography 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

$25.85

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.

$55.00

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.

$18.06 with Banner University Health Plan vs $85.38 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 $18.06 ↓ -30%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $18.06 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid $18.06 ↓ -30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $18.06 ↓ -30%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $18.06 ↓ -30%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $22.39 ↓ -13%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $22.55 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $22.55 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicare $22.55 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $22.55 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $22.55 ↓ -13%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $22.55 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -13%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $23.68 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare Advantage $23.90 ↓ -8%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $24.75 ↓ -4%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $24.75 ↓ -4%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $24.80 ↓ -4%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $24.80 ↓ -4%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $24.80 ↓ -4%
Aetna Joint Venture $29.15 ↑ +13%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $30.69 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $32.17 ↑ +24%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $33.37 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medical Rental $35.37 ↑ +37%
Aetna Broad Network $36.41 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $36.85 ↑ +43%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $37.21 ↑ +44%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $38.50 ↑ +49%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $43.78 ↑ +69%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $49.50 ↑ +91%
Provider Network of America Commercial $49.50 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $64.04 ↑ +148%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $68.31 ↑ +164%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $71.72 ↑ +177%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $81.55 ↑ +215%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $85.38 ↑ +230%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $85.38 ↑ +230%

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Chromatography at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $17.78 $10.12 – $55.63
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.80 $18.06 – $41.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.91 $18.06 – $44.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $8.58 $18.06 – $44.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.98 $18.06 – $41.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $8.30 $18.06 – $44.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $6.22 $18.06 – $41.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $8.47 $18.06 – $44.00

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