Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Banner University Medical Center South

2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$690.90

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.

$1,311.00

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.

$458.85 with University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) vs $6,483.00 with Aetna — 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
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $458.85 ↓ -34%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $586.96 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicaid $586.96 ↓ -15%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $586.96 ↓ -15%
Mercy Care Medicaid $586.96 ↓ -15%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $586.96 ↓ -15%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $586.96 ↓ -15%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $589.95 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $589.95 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medical Rental $690.90 ↑ +0%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $707.94 ↑ +2%
Provider Network of America Commercial $983.25 ↑ +42%
Health Net Medicare $999.27 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $999.27 ↑ +45%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $999.27 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $999.27 ↑ +45%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $999.27 ↑ +45%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $999.27 ↑ +45%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +45%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,029.25 ↑ +49%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,048.80 ↑ +52%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,049.23 ↑ +52%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,049.23 ↑ +52%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1,099.20 ↑ +59%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,099.20 ↑ +59%
NaphCare Federal $1,349.01 ↑ +95%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,359.01 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,398.98 ↑ +102%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,478.92 ↑ +114%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,498.90 ↑ +117%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,648.80 ↑ +139%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $1,765.00 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,963.82 ↑ +184%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2,479.00 ↑ +259%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,788.18 ↑ +304%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,974.06 ↑ +330%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,122.77 ↑ +352%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,717.58 ↑ +438%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,717.58 ↑ +438%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,466.00 ↑ +546%
Aetna Joint Venture $5,186.00 ↑ +651%
Aetna Designated Group $5,511.00 ↑ +698%
Aetna Broad Network $6,483.00 ↑ +838%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $475.89 $458.85 – $1,648.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $378.88 $458.85 – $1,648.80
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $418.21 $458.85 – $1,648.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $464.09 $458.85 – $1,648.80
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $506.05 $458.85 – $1,498.90
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $249.09 $458.85 – $1,498.90
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $591.26 $458.85 – $1,648.80
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $190.96 $162.77 – $357.30

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