#creutz-prot.,western blot 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

$72.85

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.

$155.00

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.

$29.21 with Health Net vs $80.05 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
Health Net Medicaid $29.21 ↓ -60%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $29.21 ↓ -60%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $29.21 ↓ -60%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $29.21 ↓ -60%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $29.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $35.82 ↓ -51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $36.08 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $36.08 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $36.08 ↓ -50%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $36.08 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicare $36.08 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $36.08 ↓ -50%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $36.08 ↓ -50%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $37.88 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare Advantage $38.24 ↓ -48%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $39.60 ↓ -46%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $39.60 ↓ -46%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $39.69 ↓ -46%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $39.69 ↓ -46%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $39.69 ↓ -46%
Aetna Joint Venture $46.64 ↓ -36%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $49.10 ↓ -33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $51.48 ↓ -29%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $53.40 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medical Rental $56.58 ↓ -22%
Aetna Broad Network $58.26 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $58.96 ↓ -19%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $59.53 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $60.04 ↓ -18%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $61.60 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $64.04 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $67.24 ↓ -8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $70.05 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $76.46 ↑ +5%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $79.20 ↑ +9%
Provider Network of America Commercial $79.20 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $80.05 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $80.05 ↑ +10%

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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $118.64 $16.36 – $89.97
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $24.80 $22.63 – $66.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $25.11 $29.21 – $70.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $24.18 $29.21 – $70.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $19.68 $29.21 – $66.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $23.40 $29.21 – $70.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $17.52 $29.21 – $66.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $23.87 $22.63 – $70.40

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