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Liver Function Test 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

$21.15

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.

$45.00

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.

$8.17 with Mercy Care vs $40.50 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $8.17 ↓ -61%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $8.17 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid $8.17 ↓ -61%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $8.17 ↓ -61%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $8.17 ↓ -61%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $18.32 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $18.45 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $18.45 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $18.45 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $18.45 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicare $18.45 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $18.45 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↓ -13%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $19.37 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -8%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $20.25 ↓ -4%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $20.25 ↓ -4%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20.30 ↓ -4%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $20.30 ↓ -4%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $20.30 ↓ -4%
Aetna Joint Venture $23.85 ↑ +13%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $25.11 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $26.32 ↑ +24%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $27.31 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medical Rental $28.93 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $28.94 ↑ +37%
Aetna Broad Network $29.79 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $30.15 ↑ +43%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $30.44 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $30.87 ↑ +46%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $31.50 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $32.42 ↑ +53%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $35.82 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $36.86 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $38.59 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $38.59 ↑ +82%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $40.50 ↑ +91%
Provider Network of America Commercial $40.50 ↑ +91%

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Liver Function Test at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $45.92 $8.17 – $215.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $32.56 $8.17 – $160.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $31.36 $8.17 – $160.80
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $168.15 $8.17 – $200.90
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $36.45 $8.17 – $215.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $43.34 $8.17 – $229.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $32.43 $8.17 – $215.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $44.20 $8.17 – $229.60

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