Esophagus motility study 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

$427.22

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$743.00

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.

$304.63 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $1,170.00 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $304.63 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $304.63 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $304.63 ↓ -29%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $304.63 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicare $304.63 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $304.63 ↓ -29%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $304.63 ↓ -29%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $319.86 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare Advantage $322.91 ↓ -24%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $334.35 ↓ -22%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $334.35 ↓ -22%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $335.09 ↓ -22%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $335.09 ↓ -22%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $335.09 ↓ -22%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $353.64 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $353.64 ↓ -17%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $353.64 ↓ -17%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $353.64 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid $353.64 ↓ -17%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $414.59 ↓ -3%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $434.65 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $450.85 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medical Rental $477.75 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $497.81 ↑ +17%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $502.64 ↑ +18%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $520.10 ↑ +22%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $591.43 ↑ +38%
Provider Network of America Commercial $668.70 ↑ +57%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $668.70 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $718.09 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $765.97 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $804.26 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $914.50 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $957.46 ↑ +124%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $957.46 ↑ +124%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +174%
Aetna Broad Network not published by hospital
Aetna Joint Venture not published by hospital

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Esophagus motility study at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $620.91 $232.09 – $1,943.48
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $983.11 $270.70 – $933.11
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $425.13 $353.64 – $933.11
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $353.89 $353.64 – $933.11
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $372.65 $353.64 – $933.11
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $785.02 $353.64 – $964.80
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $371.45 $270.70 – $964.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $429.34 $353.64 – $933.11

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