MRI loex nonjt w IV cont 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

$496.63

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.

$879.00

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.

$241.82 with Health Net vs $1,431.63 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 $241.82 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $241.82 ↓ -51%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $241.82 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $241.82 ↓ -51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $241.82 ↓ -51%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $357.75 ↓ -28%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $360.39 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $360.39 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $360.39 ↓ -27%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $360.39 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicare $360.39 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $360.39 ↓ -27%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $360.39 ↓ -27%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $378.41 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare Advantage $382.01 ↓ -23%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $395.55 ↓ -20%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $395.55 ↓ -20%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $396.43 ↓ -20%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $396.43 ↓ -20%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $396.43 ↓ -20%
Aetna Joint Venture $465.87 ↓ -6%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $490.48 ↓ -1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $514.22 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $533.38 ↑ +7%
Aetna Medical Rental $565.20 ↑ +14%
Aetna Broad Network $581.90 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $588.93 ↑ +19%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $594.64 ↑ +20%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $615.30 ↑ +24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $699.68 ↑ +41%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $791.10 ↑ +59%
Provider Network of America Commercial $791.10 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,073.72 ↑ +116%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,145.30 ↑ +131%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,202.56 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $1,367.40 ↑ +175%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,431.63 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,431.63 ↑ +188%

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MRI loex nonjt w IV cont at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $500.93 $241.82 – $1,956.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $653.98 $241.82 – $2,828.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $558.53 $241.82 – $2,828.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $461.79 $241.82 – $1,956.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $383.52 $241.82 – $2,087.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $516.58 $241.82 – $1,956.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $386.13 $241.82 – $2,087.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $631.38 $241.82 – $1,956.75

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