MRI guid ndl plc s&i 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

$462.73

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.

$819.00

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.

$194.92 with Health Net vs $2,272.01 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 $194.92 ↓ -58%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $194.92 ↓ -58%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $194.92 ↓ -58%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $194.92 ↓ -58%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $194.92 ↓ -58%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $333.33 ↓ -28%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $335.79 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $335.79 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $335.79 ↓ -27%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $335.79 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicare $335.79 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $335.79 ↓ -27%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $335.79 ↓ -27%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $352.58 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare Advantage $355.94 ↓ -23%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $368.55 ↓ -20%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $368.55 ↓ -20%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $369.37 ↓ -20%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $369.37 ↓ -20%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $369.37 ↓ -20%
Aetna Joint Venture $434.07 ↓ -6%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $457.00 ↓ -1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $479.12 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $496.97 ↑ +7%
Aetna Medical Rental $526.62 ↑ +14%
Aetna Broad Network $542.18 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $548.73 ↑ +19%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $554.05 ↑ +20%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $573.30 ↑ +24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $651.92 ↑ +41%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $737.10 ↑ +59%
Provider Network of America Commercial $737.10 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,704.01 ↑ +268%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,817.61 ↑ +293%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,908.48 ↑ +312%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $2,170.07 ↑ +369%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,272.01 ↑ +391%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,272.01 ↑ +391%

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