Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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

$335.28

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.

$635.00

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.

$258.44 with Aetna vs $1,947.71 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $258.44 ↓ -23%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $260.35 ↓ -22%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $260.35 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $260.35 ↓ -22%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $260.35 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicare $260.35 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $260.35 ↓ -22%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $260.35 ↓ -22%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $273.37 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -18%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $275.97 ↓ -18%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $285.75 ↓ -15%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $285.75 ↓ -15%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $286.38 ↓ -15%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $286.38 ↓ -15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $286.38 ↓ -15%
Aetna Joint Venture $336.55 ↑ +0%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $354.33 ↑ +6%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $371.48 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $385.32 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medical Rental $408.31 ↑ +22%
Aetna Broad Network $420.37 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $425.45 ↑ +27%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $429.58 ↑ +28%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $444.50 ↑ +33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $505.46 ↑ +51%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $571.50 ↑ +70%
Provider Network of America Commercial $571.50 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,460.79 ↑ +336%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,558.17 ↑ +365%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,636.07 ↑ +388%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $1,860.32 ↑ +455%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,947.71 ↑ +481%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,947.71 ↑ +481%

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Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $880.94 $273.41 – $1,664.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $474.37 $273.41 – $1,395.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $696.77 $273.41 – $1,664.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $470.43 $273.41 – $1,775.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $437.14 $273.41 – $1,664.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $470.43 $273.41 – $1,775.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $621.32 $273.41 – $1,664.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $468.21 $273.41 – $1,664.25

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