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Established Patient Office 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

$712.22

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.

$735.00

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.

$54.54 with Mercy Care vs $299.14 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $54.54 ↓ -92%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $54.54 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid $54.54 ↓ -92%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $54.54 ↓ -92%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $54.54 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $59.45 ↓ -92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $59.45 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $59.45 ↓ -92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $59.45 ↓ -92%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare $59.45 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $59.45 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $59.45 ↓ -92%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $62.42 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $63.02 ↓ -91%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $65.25 ↓ -91%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $65.25 ↓ -91%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $65.39 ↓ -91%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $65.39 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $65.39 ↓ -91%
Aetna Joint Venture $76.85 ↓ -89%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $80.91 ↓ -89%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $84.83 ↓ -88%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $87.99 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medical Rental $93.23 ↓ -87%
Aetna Broad Network $95.99 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $97.15 ↓ -86%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $98.09 ↓ -86%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $101.50 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $115.42 ↓ -84%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $130.50 ↓ -82%
Provider Network of America Commercial $130.50 ↓ -82%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $299.14 ↓ -58%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $559.34 $43.00 – $161.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $521.12 $35.00 – $140.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $58.98 $35.00 – $140.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $201.46 $12.00 – $54.54
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $51.85 $43.00 – $172.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $398.37 $12.00 – $54.54
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $531.40 $43.00 – $172.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $549.04 $43.00 – $161.25

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