Iron binding capacity 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

$12.69

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.

$27.00

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.

$8.74 with Health Net vs $41.33 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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
Health Net Medicaid $8.74 ↓ -31%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $8.74 ↓ -31%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $8.74 ↓ -31%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $8.74 ↓ -31%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $8.74 ↓ -31%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $10.99 ↓ -13%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $11.07 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $11.07 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $11.07 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $11.07 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicare $11.07 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $11.07 ↓ -13%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $11.07 ↓ -13%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $11.62 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.73 ↓ -8%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $12.15 ↓ -4%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $12.15 ↓ -4%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.18 ↓ -4%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $12.18 ↓ -4%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12.18 ↓ -4%
Aetna Joint Venture $14.31 ↑ +13%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $15.07 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $15.79 ↑ +24%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $16.38 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medical Rental $17.36 ↑ +37%
Aetna Broad Network $17.87 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $18.09 ↑ +43%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $18.27 ↑ +44%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $18.90 ↑ +49%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $21.49 ↑ +69%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $24.30 ↑ +91%
Provider Network of America Commercial $24.30 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $30.99 ↑ +144%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $33.06 ↑ +161%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $34.71 ↑ +174%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $39.47 ↑ +211%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $41.33 ↑ +226%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $41.33 ↑ +226%

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Iron binding capacity at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $57.81 $8.74 – $180.95
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $4.32 $8.74 – $20.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $4.37 $8.74 – $21.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $4.21 $8.74 – $21.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $3.43 $8.74 – $20.25
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $15.82 $8.74 – $18.90
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $4.08 $8.74 – $21.60
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $4.16 $8.74 – $21.60

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