Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$48.25

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$102.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$33.86 with Health Net vs $160.16 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Health Net Medicaid $33.86 ↓ -30%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $33.86 ↓ -30%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $33.86 ↓ -30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $33.86 ↓ -30%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $33.86 ↓ -30%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $41.51 ↓ -14%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $41.82 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $41.82 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $41.82 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $41.82 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicare $41.82 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $41.82 ↓ -13%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $41.82 ↓ -13%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $43.91 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare Advantage $44.33 ↓ -8%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $45.90 ↓ -5%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $45.90 ↓ -5%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $46.00 ↓ -5%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $46.00 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $46.00 ↓ -5%
Aetna Joint Venture $54.06 ↑ +12%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $56.92 ↑ +18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $59.67 ↑ +24%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $61.89 ↑ +28%
Aetna Medical Rental $65.59 ↑ +36%
Aetna Broad Network $67.52 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $68.34 ↑ +42%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $69.00 ↑ +43%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $71.40 ↑ +48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $81.19 ↑ +68%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $91.80 ↑ +90%
Provider Network of America Commercial $91.80 ↑ +90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $120.12 ↑ +149%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $128.13 ↑ +166%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $134.54 ↑ +179%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $152.98 ↑ +217%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $160.16 ↑ +232%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $160.16 ↑ +232%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $42.81 $18.90 – $103.95
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $22.54 $33.86 – $76.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $23.87 $33.86 – $81.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $17.03 $33.86 – $81.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $22.75 $33.86 – $76.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $59.76 $33.86 – $71.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $18.56 $33.86 – $81.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $21.11 $33.86 – $76.50

All Arizona hospitals for this procedure →