Version cephalic external at Banner Payson Medical Center
807 South Ponderosa Street, Payson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1063923340
$551.78
Cash price 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.
$470.00
Gross charge 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.
$191.29 with Aetna vs $3,358.13 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $191.29 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $192.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $202.34 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $204.26 | ↓ -63% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $211.50 | ↓ -62% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $211.50 | ↓ -62% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $211.97 | ↓ -62% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $211.97 | ↓ -62% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $211.97 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $249.10 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Aetna Qualified Health Plan | $262.26 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $274.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $285.20 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $302.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $311.14 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Individual Exchange | $314.90 | ↓ -43% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $317.95 | ↓ -42% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $329.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $374.12 | ↓ -32% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $423.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $423.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1,901.83 | ↑ +245% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,901.83 | ↑ +245% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,901.83 | ↑ +245% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,901.83 | ↑ +245% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,901.83 | ↑ +245% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,518.60 | ↑ +356% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,686.50 | ↑ +387% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,820.82 | ↑ +411% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Medicare | $3,207.46 | ↑ +481% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $3,358.13 | ↑ +509% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $3,358.13 | ↑ +509% |
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Version cephalic external at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $724.72 | $105.51 – $2,705.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,733.00 | $653.52 – $5,591.54 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,303.15 | $632.12 – $5,591.54 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $478.14 | $680.75 – $5,083.22 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $2,145.34 | $653.52 – $5,591.54 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,814.69 | $653.52 – $5,591.54 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $1,729.11 | $653.52 – $5,083.22 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,960.56 | $653.52 – $5,591.54 |