Lung perfusion imaging 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

$330.00

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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$625.00

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.

$254.38 with Aetna vs $1,340.71 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $254.38 ↓ -23%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $256.25 ↓ -22%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $256.25 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $256.25 ↓ -22%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $256.25 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicare $256.25 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $256.25 ↓ -22%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $256.25 ↓ -22%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $269.06 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $271.62 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -17%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -17%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -17%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $281.25 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $281.25 ↓ -15%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $281.88 ↓ -15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $281.88 ↓ -15%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $281.88 ↓ -15%
Aetna Joint Venture $331.25 ↑ +0%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $348.75 ↑ +6%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $365.62 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $379.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medical Rental $401.88 ↑ +22%
Aetna Broad Network $413.75 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $418.75 ↑ +27%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $422.81 ↑ +28%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $437.50 ↑ +33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $497.50 ↑ +51%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $562.50 ↑ +70%
Provider Network of America Commercial $562.50 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,005.53 ↑ +205%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,072.57 ↑ +225%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,126.19 ↑ +241%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $1,280.56 ↑ +288%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,340.71 ↑ +306%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,340.71 ↑ +306%

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Lung perfusion imaging at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $456.83 $227.09 – $1,429.89
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $619.72 $273.41 – $1,170.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $381.07 $273.41 – $1,120.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $490.15 $273.41 – $1,170.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $330.93 $273.41 – $1,248.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $307.52 $273.41 – $1,170.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $330.93 $273.41 – $1,248.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $437.08 $273.41 – $1,170.75

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