Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$4.45

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.

$9.00

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.

$2.70 with Health Net vs $12.76 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
Health Net Medicaid $2.70 ↓ -39%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $2.70 ↓ -39%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $2.70 ↓ -39%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $2.70 ↓ -39%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2.70 ↓ -39%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $3.66 ↓ -18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $3.69 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3.69 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $3.69 ↓ -17%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $3.69 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare $3.69 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $3.69 ↓ -17%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -17%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $3.87 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.91 ↓ -12%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $4.05 ↓ -9%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $4.05 ↓ -9%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.06 ↓ -9%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $4.06 ↓ -9%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $4.06 ↓ -9%
Aetna Joint Venture $4.77 ↑ +7%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $5.02 ↑ +13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5.26 ↑ +18%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $5.46 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medical Rental $5.79 ↑ +30%
Aetna Broad Network $5.96 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $6.03 ↑ +36%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $6.09 ↑ +37%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $6.30 ↑ +42%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $7.16 ↑ +61%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $8.10 ↑ +82%
Provider Network of America Commercial $8.10 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $9.57 ↑ +115%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $10.20 ↑ +129%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $10.71 ↑ +141%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $12.18 ↑ +174%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $12.76 ↑ +187%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $12.76 ↑ +187%

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $53.14 $2.70 – $166.32
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $4.05 $2.70 – $6.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $5.27 $2.70 – $6.30
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $2.49 $2.70 – $6.75
Banner Page Hospital Page $4.93 $2.70 – $8.55
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $36.64 $1.62 – $130.72
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $71.44 $1.13 – $147.73
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $89.04 $2.70 – $5.95

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