Prostate biopsy, any mthd 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

$228.96

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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.

$457.00

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.

$65.85 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $2,587.97 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

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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $65.85 ↓ -71%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $186.00 ↓ -19%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $187.37 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $187.37 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $187.37 ↓ -18%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $187.37 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicare $187.37 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $187.37 ↓ -18%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $187.37 ↓ -18%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $196.74 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare Advantage $198.61 ↓ -13%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $205.65 ↓ -10%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $205.65 ↓ -10%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $206.11 ↓ -10%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $206.11 ↓ -10%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $206.11 ↓ -10%
Aetna Joint Venture $242.21 ↑ +6%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $255.01 ↑ +11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $267.35 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $277.31 ↑ +21%
Aetna Medical Rental $293.85 ↑ +28%
Aetna Broad Network $302.53 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $306.19 ↑ +34%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $309.16 ↑ +35%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $319.90 ↑ +40%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $363.77 ↑ +59%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $411.30 ↑ +80%
Provider Network of America Commercial $411.30 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,940.98 ↑ +748%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,070.38 ↑ +804%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,173.89 ↑ +849%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $2,471.85 ↑ +980%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,587.97 ↑ +1030%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,587.97 ↑ +1030%

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Prostate biopsy, any mthd at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $377.37 $214.76 – $1,181.18
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $256.32 $132.86 – $691.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $322.50 $175.37 – $973.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $341.98 $175.37 – $973.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $202.84 $132.86 – $691.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $201.92 $132.86 – $737.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $211.14 $132.86 – $691.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $207.45 $132.86 – $737.60

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