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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) 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

$313.54

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.

$509.00

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.

$79.00 with Mercy Care vs $491.42 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -75%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -75%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -75%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $207.16 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $208.69 ↓ -33%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $208.69 ↓ -33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $208.69 ↓ -33%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $208.69 ↓ -33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicare $208.69 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $208.69 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $208.69 ↓ -33%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $219.12 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare Advantage $221.21 ↓ -29%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $229.05 ↓ -27%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $229.05 ↓ -27%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $229.56 ↓ -27%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $229.56 ↓ -27%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $229.56 ↓ -27%
Aetna Joint Venture $269.77 ↓ -14%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $284.02 ↓ -9%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $297.76 ↓ -5%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $308.86 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medical Rental $327.29 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $336.96 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $341.03 ↑ +9%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $344.34 ↑ +10%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $356.30 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $368.56 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $393.14 ↑ +25%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $405.16 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $412.79 ↑ +32%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $458.10 ↑ +46%
Provider Network of America Commercial $458.10 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $469.37 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $491.42 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $491.42 ↑ +57%

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $250.58 $79.00 – $538.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $274.72 $79.00 – $660.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $231.83 $79.00 – $660.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $229.76 $79.00 – $538.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $106.26 $79.00 – $574.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $196.01 $79.00 – $538.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $247.71 $79.00 – $574.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $311.61 $79.00 – $538.50

All Arizona hospitals for this procedure →