Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis 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

$38.93

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$85.00

Gross charge

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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.

$34.59 with Aetna vs $93.98 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $34.59 ↓ -11%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $34.85 ↓ -10%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $34.85 ↓ -10%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $34.85 ↓ -10%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $34.85 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicare $34.85 ↓ -10%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $34.85 ↓ -10%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $34.85 ↓ -10%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $36.59 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare Advantage $36.94 ↓ -5%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $38.25 ↓ -2%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $38.25 ↓ -2%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $38.34 ↓ -2%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.34 ↓ -2%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $38.34 ↓ -2%
Aetna Joint Venture $45.05 ↑ +16%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $47.43 ↑ +22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $49.73 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $51.58 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medical Rental $54.66 ↑ +40%
Aetna Broad Network $56.27 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $56.95 ↑ +46%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $57.50 ↑ +48%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $59.50 ↑ +53%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $67.66 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $70.48 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $75.18 ↑ +93%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $76.50 ↑ +97%
Provider Network of America Commercial $76.50 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $78.94 ↑ +103%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $81.16 ↑ +108%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $81.16 ↑ +108%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $81.16 ↑ +108%
Health Net Medicaid $81.16 ↑ +108%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $81.16 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $89.76 ↑ +131%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $93.98 ↑ +141%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $93.98 ↑ +141%

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Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $130.63 $15.38 – $526.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $40.94 $26.57 – $226.68
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $28.08 $44.52 – $226.68
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $24.25 $41.04 – $226.68
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $138.28 $68.29 – $226.68
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $38.32 $52.15 – $226.68
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $68.31 $39.99 – $206.07
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $46.41 $26.57 – $226.68

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