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Pelvic CT scan (with and without contrast) 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

$980.12

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.

$1,937.00

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.

$129.45 with Mercy Care vs $1,743.30 with Provider Network of America — 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $129.45 ↓ -87%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $129.45 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid $129.45 ↓ -87%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $129.45 ↓ -87%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $129.45 ↓ -87%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $341.00 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $794.17 ↓ -19%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $794.17 ↓ -19%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $794.17 ↓ -19%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $794.17 ↓ -19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicare $794.17 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $794.17 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $794.17 ↓ -19%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $833.88 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare Advantage $841.82 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $871.65 ↓ -11%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $871.65 ↓ -11%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $873.59 ↓ -11%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $873.59 ↓ -11%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $873.59 ↓ -11%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,026.61 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,049.12 ↑ +7%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,080.85 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,119.06 ↑ +14%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,133.14 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,175.01 ↑ +20%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,175.37 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,245.49 ↑ +27%
Aetna Broad Network $1,282.29 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $1,297.79 ↑ +32%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,310.38 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $1,336.07 ↑ +36%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,355.90 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,398.83 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,398.83 ↑ +43%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $1,541.85 ↑ +57%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,743.30 ↑ +78%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,743.30 ↑ +78%

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Pelvic CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $487.38 $129.45 – $2,202.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $450.84 $129.45 – $2,774.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $440.44 $129.45 – $2,774.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $460.95 $129.45 – $2,202.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $466.82 $129.45 – $2,348.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $484.44 $129.45 – $2,202.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $513.80 $129.45 – $2,348.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $572.52 $129.45 – $2,202.00

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