Injection jaw joint x-ray 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

$53.39

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.

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$111.00

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.

$26.42 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 Medicaid $26.42 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid $26.42 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $26.42 ↓ -51%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $26.42 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $26.42 ↓ -51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $45.51 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $45.51 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $45.51 ↓ -15%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $45.51 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare $45.51 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $45.51 ↓ -15%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $45.51 ↓ -15%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $47.79 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare Advantage $48.24 ↓ -10%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $49.95 ↓ -6%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $49.95 ↓ -6%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $50.06 ↓ -6%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $50.06 ↓ -6%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $50.06 ↓ -6%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $61.94 ↑ +16%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $64.94 ↑ +22%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $67.35 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medical Rental $71.37 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $74.37 ↑ +39%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $75.09 ↑ +41%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $77.70 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $88.36 ↑ +65%
Provider Network of America Commercial $99.90 ↑ +87%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $99.90 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $370.32 ↑ +594%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $395.01 ↑ +640%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $414.76 ↑ +677%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $471.61 ↑ +783%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $493.76 ↑ +825%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $493.76 ↑ +825%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +2091%
Aetna Broad Network not published by hospital
Aetna Joint Venture not published by hospital

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Injection jaw joint x-ray at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $62.24 $36.40 – $4,018.00
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $70.25 $36.40 – $4,018.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $70.43 $36.40 – $4,018.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $55.87 $36.40 – $2,114.00
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $34.58 $36.40 – $4,018.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $51.51 $32.40 – $4,018.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $56.06 $36.40 – $4,018.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $46.49 – $266.61

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