Echo guide for transfusion at Banner Payson Medical Center
807 South Ponderosa Street, Payson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1063923340
$251.33
Cash price 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.
$408.00
Gross charge 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.
$97.10 with Health Net vs $367.20 with Arizona Medical Network — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Net | Medicaid | $97.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $97.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $97.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $97.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $97.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $166.06 | ↓ -34% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $167.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $175.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $177.32 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $178.45 | ↓ -29% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $183.60 | ↓ -27% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $183.60 | ↓ -27% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $184.01 | ↓ -27% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $184.01 | ↓ -27% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $184.01 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $190.35 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $199.86 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $216.24 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Medicare | $227.26 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Aetna Qualified Health Plan | $227.66 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $237.93 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $237.93 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $238.68 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $247.57 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $262.34 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $270.10 | ↑ +7% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Individual Exchange | $273.36 | ↑ +9% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $276.01 | ↑ +10% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $285.60 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $324.77 | ↑ +29% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $367.20 | ↑ +46% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $367.20 | ↑ +46% |
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Echo guide for transfusion at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $269.95 | $124.40 – $466.50 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $261.24 | $124.40 – $466.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $247.56 | $124.40 – $466.50 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $215.21 | $124.40 – $466.50 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $110.72 | $109.16 – $466.50 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $257.51 | $67.27 – $466.50 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $694.10 | $73.89 – $1,435.43 |