Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study 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

$706.99

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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$1,339.00

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.

$273.41 with Health Net vs $1,979.28 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 $273.41 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -61%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -61%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -61%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -61%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $544.97 ↓ -23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $548.99 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $548.99 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $548.99 ↓ -22%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $548.99 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicare $548.99 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $548.99 ↓ -22%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $548.99 ↓ -22%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $576.44 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $581.93 ↓ -18%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $602.55 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $602.55 ↓ -15%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $603.89 ↓ -15%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $603.89 ↓ -15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $603.89 ↓ -15%
Aetna Joint Venture $709.67 ↑ +0%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $747.16 ↑ +6%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $783.32 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $812.51 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medical Rental $860.98 ↑ +22%
Aetna Broad Network $886.42 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $897.13 ↑ +27%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $905.83 ↑ +28%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $937.30 ↑ +33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $1,065.84 ↑ +51%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,205.10 ↑ +70%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,205.10 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,484.46 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,583.42 ↑ +124%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,662.59 ↑ +135%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $1,890.47 ↑ +167%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,979.28 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,979.28 ↑ +180%

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Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $993.84 $331.51 – $3,110.80
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,655.09 $273.41 – $3,126.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $761.33 $273.41 – $2,239.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $453.44 $273.41 – $2,239.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,309.07 $273.41 – $3,126.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $883.83 $273.41 – $3,335.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $821.29 $273.41 – $3,126.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $883.83 $273.41 – $3,335.20

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