Echo guide for heart biopsy 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

$396.70

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.

$644.00

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.

$99.18 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $579.60 with Provider Network of America — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $99.18 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $105.79 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $111.08 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $126.31 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $132.24 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $132.24 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $153.27 ↓ -61%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $153.27 ↓ -61%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $153.27 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid $153.27 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $153.27 ↓ -61%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $262.11 ↓ -34%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $264.04 ↓ -33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $264.04 ↓ -33%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $264.04 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $264.04 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicare $264.04 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $264.04 ↓ -33%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $264.04 ↓ -33%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $277.24 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare Advantage $279.88 ↓ -29%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $289.80 ↓ -27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $289.80 ↓ -27%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $290.44 ↓ -27%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $290.44 ↓ -27%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $290.44 ↓ -27%
Aetna Joint Venture $341.32 ↓ -14%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $359.35 ↓ -9%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $376.74 ↓ -5%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $390.78 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medical Rental $414.09 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $426.33 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $431.48 ↑ +9%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $435.67 ↑ +10%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $450.80 ↑ +14%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $512.62 ↑ +29%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $579.60 ↑ +46%
Provider Network of America Commercial $579.60 ↑ +46%

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Echo guide for heart biopsy at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $238.98 $96.10 – $426.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $226.46 $96.10 – $426.75
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $196.87 $96.10 – $426.75
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $101.28 $60.67 – $426.75

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