F-18 fdg pet diag 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

$1,760.48

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.

$3,458.70

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.

$359.05 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $3,112.83 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $359.05 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid $359.05 ↓ -80%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $359.05 ↓ -80%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $359.05 ↓ -80%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $359.05 ↓ -80%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicare $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,418.07 ↓ -19%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,488.97 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,503.15 ↓ -15%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,556.41 ↓ -12%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,556.41 ↓ -12%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,559.87 ↓ -11%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,559.87 ↓ -11%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,559.87 ↓ -11%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,833.11 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,876.94 ↑ +7%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,929.95 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,002.07 ↑ +14%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,023.34 ↑ +15%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,098.74 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,102.16 ↑ +19%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,223.94 ↑ +26%
Aetna Broad Network $2,289.66 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $2,317.33 ↑ +32%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,339.81 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $2,390.30 ↑ +36%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,421.09 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,502.59 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,502.59 ↑ +42%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $2,753.13 ↑ +56%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,112.83 ↑ +77%
Provider Network of America Commercial $3,112.83 ↑ +77%

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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $893.21 $359.05 – $1,871.25
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $117.02 $90.36 – $1,092.86
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $81.78 $90.36 – $1,065.06
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $875.38 $359.05 – $2,271.75
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $557.67 $72.99 – $1,772.25
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $342.93 $100.00 – $897.70

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