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Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) 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

$259.95

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.

$422.00

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.

$58.65 with Banner University Health Plan vs $292.66 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $58.65 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -77%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -77%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -77%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -77%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $114.37 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $115.21 ↓ -56%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $115.21 ↓ -56%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $115.21 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicare $115.21 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $115.21 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $115.21 ↓ -56%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $115.21 ↓ -56%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $120.97 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $122.12 ↓ -53%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $126.45 ↓ -51%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $126.45 ↓ -51%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $126.73 ↓ -51%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $126.73 ↓ -51%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $126.73 ↓ -51%
Aetna Joint Venture $148.93 ↓ -43%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $156.80 ↓ -40%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $164.38 ↓ -37%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $170.51 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medical Rental $180.68 ↓ -30%
Aetna Broad Network $186.02 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $188.27 ↓ -28%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $190.10 ↓ -27%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $196.70 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $219.50 ↓ -16%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $223.68 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $234.13 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $245.84 ↓ -5%
Provider Network of America Commercial $252.90 ↓ -3%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $252.90 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $279.53 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $292.66 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $292.66 ↑ +13%

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Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $169.26 $58.65 – $347.17
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $155.84 $58.65 – $409.57
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $131.51 $58.65 – $409.57
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $155.20 $58.65 – $242.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $71.78 $58.65 – $258.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $132.40 $58.65 – $242.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $167.32 $58.65 – $258.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $210.49 $58.65 – $347.17

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