Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails 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

$101.69

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.

$215.00

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.

$4.27 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $57.60 with Provider Network of America — 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 Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4.27 ↓ -96%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4.27 ↓ -96%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4.27 ↓ -96%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $4.27 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid $4.27 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $15.18 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $16.19 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $17.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $19.33 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $20.24 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $20.24 ↓ -80%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $26.05 ↓ -74%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $26.24 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $26.24 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $26.24 ↓ -74%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $26.24 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicare $26.24 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $26.24 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -74%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $27.55 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $27.81 ↓ -73%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $28.80 ↓ -72%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $28.80 ↓ -72%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $28.86 ↓ -72%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $28.86 ↓ -72%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $28.86 ↓ -72%
Aetna Joint Venture $33.92 ↓ -67%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $35.71 ↓ -65%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $37.44 ↓ -63%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $38.84 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medical Rental $41.15 ↓ -60%
Aetna Broad Network $42.37 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $42.88 ↓ -58%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $43.30 ↓ -57%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $44.80 ↓ -56%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $50.94 ↓ -50%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $57.60 ↓ -43%
Provider Network of America Commercial $57.60 ↓ -43%

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Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $64.46 $2.38 – $13.09
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $47.52 $4.27 – $48.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $50.31 $4.27 – $51.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $35.91 $4.27 – $51.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $47.94 $4.27 – $48.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $39.13 $4.27 – $51.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $44.50 $4.27 – $48.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $43.22 $4.27 – $51.20

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