Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple 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

$175.87

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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$308.00

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.

$125.36 with Aetna vs $3,358.13 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 $125.36 ↓ -29%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $126.28 ↓ -28%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $126.28 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $126.28 ↓ -28%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $126.28 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare $126.28 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $126.28 ↓ -28%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $126.28 ↓ -28%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $132.59 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare Advantage $133.86 ↓ -24%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $138.60 ↓ -21%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $138.60 ↓ -21%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $138.91 ↓ -21%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $138.91 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $138.91 ↓ -21%
Aetna Joint Venture $163.24 ↓ -7%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $171.86 ↓ -2%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $180.18 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $186.89 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medical Rental $198.04 ↑ +13%
Aetna Broad Network $203.90 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $206.36 ↑ +17%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $208.36 ↑ +18%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $215.60 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $245.17 ↑ +39%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $250.73 ↑ +43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $250.73 ↑ +43%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $250.73 ↑ +43%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $250.73 ↑ +43%
Health Net Medicaid $250.73 ↑ +43%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $277.20 ↑ +58%
Provider Network of America Commercial $277.20 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,518.60 ↑ +1332%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,686.50 ↑ +1428%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,820.82 ↑ +1504%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $3,207.46 ↑ +1724%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,358.13 ↑ +1809%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,358.13 ↑ +1809%

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Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $476.26 $194.54 – $1,490.72
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $410.77 $250.73 – $702.62
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $304.51 $250.73 – $702.62
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $229.18 $250.73 – $702.62
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $356.85 $250.73 – $638.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $252.97 $250.73 – $702.62
Banner Page Hospital Page $221.84 $159.76 – $447.45
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $731.53 $194.54 – $1,512.85

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