Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine 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

$68.62

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.

$146.00

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.

$34.75 with Banner University Health Plan vs $177.67 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $34.75 ↓ -49%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $34.75 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid $34.75 ↓ -49%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $34.75 ↓ -49%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $34.75 ↓ -49%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $59.42 ↓ -13%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $59.86 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $59.86 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicare $59.86 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $59.86 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $59.86 ↓ -13%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $59.86 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -13%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $62.85 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare Advantage $63.45 ↓ -8%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $65.70 ↓ -4%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $65.70 ↓ -4%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $65.85 ↓ -4%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $65.85 ↓ -4%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $65.85 ↓ -4%
Aetna Joint Venture $77.38 ↑ +13%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $81.47 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $85.41 ↑ +24%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $88.59 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medical Rental $93.88 ↑ +37%
Aetna Broad Network $96.65 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $97.82 ↑ +43%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $98.77 ↑ +44%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $102.20 ↑ +49%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $116.22 ↑ +69%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $131.40 ↑ +91%
Provider Network of America Commercial $131.40 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $133.25 ↑ +94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $142.13 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $149.24 ↑ +117%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $169.70 ↑ +147%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $177.67 ↑ +159%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $177.67 ↑ +159%

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Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $25.60 $32.00 – $120.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $22.19 $27.40 – $110.16
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $21.37 $27.40 – $109.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $20.32 $32.00 – $129.12
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $24.16 $32.00 – $128.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $18.08 $32.00 – $120.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $24.64 $32.00 – $128.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $24.00 $32.00 – $129.12

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