Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$465.17

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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$881.00

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.

$354.82 with Health Net vs $1,866.88 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 $354.82 ↓ -24%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -24%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $354.82 ↓ -24%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -24%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -24%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $358.57 ↓ -23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $361.21 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $361.21 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $361.21 ↓ -22%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $361.21 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicare $361.21 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $361.21 ↓ -22%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $361.21 ↓ -22%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $379.27 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $382.88 ↓ -18%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $396.45 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $396.45 ↓ -15%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $397.33 ↓ -15%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $397.33 ↓ -15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $397.33 ↓ -15%
Aetna Joint Venture $466.93 ↑ +0%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $491.60 ↑ +6%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $515.38 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $534.59 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medical Rental $566.48 ↑ +22%
Aetna Broad Network $583.22 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $590.27 ↑ +27%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $596.00 ↑ +28%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $616.70 ↑ +33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $701.28 ↑ +51%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $792.90 ↑ +70%
Provider Network of America Commercial $792.90 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,400.16 ↑ +201%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,493.51 ↑ +221%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,568.18 ↑ +237%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $1,783.12 ↑ +283%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,866.88 ↑ +301%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,866.88 ↑ +301%

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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $625.83 $317.92 – $1,958.88
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $736.44 $354.82 – $1,391.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $475.18 $354.82 – $1,397.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $283.01 $354.82 – $1,397.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $582.47 $354.82 – $1,391.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $393.26 $354.82 – $1,484.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $365.44 $354.82 – $1,391.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $393.26 $354.82 – $1,484.00

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