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ER Visit (level 2) 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

$252.10

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.

$315.00

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.

$129.15 with UPMC Health Plan vs $947.00 with Aetna — 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
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $129.15 ↓ -49%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $129.15 ↓ -49%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $129.15 ↓ -49%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $129.15 ↓ -49%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicare $129.15 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $129.15 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $129.15 ↓ -49%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $135.61 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare Advantage $136.90 ↓ -46%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $141.75 ↓ -44%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $141.75 ↓ -44%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $142.06 ↓ -44%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $142.06 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $142.06 ↓ -44%
Aetna Joint Venture $166.95 ↓ -34%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $175.77 ↓ -30%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $177.74 ↓ -29%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $177.74 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid $177.74 ↓ -29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $177.74 ↓ -29%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $177.74 ↓ -29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $184.28 ↓ -27%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $191.14 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medical Rental $202.54 ↓ -20%
Aetna Broad Network $208.53 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $211.05 ↓ -16%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $213.10 ↓ -15%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $220.50 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $250.74 ↓ -1%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $283.50 ↑ +12%
Provider Network of America Commercial $283.50 ↑ +12%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $947.00 ↑ +276%

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ER Visit (level 2) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $493.41 $88.87 – $872.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $597.95 $88.87 – $885.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $384.16 $88.87 – $885.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $375.94 $88.87 – $2,083.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $281.55 $88.87 – $930.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $470.80 $88.87 – $872.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $373.40 $88.87 – $930.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $719.60 $88.87 – $872.25

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