Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl 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

$9,020.66

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.

$17,117.00

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.

$1,901.41 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $9,128.80 with Arizona Medical Network — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,901.41 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,282.20 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,699.58 ↓ -70%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,738.64 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,879.55 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,023.53 ↓ -66%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $3,243.00 ↓ -64%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3,423.30 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,599.44 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,599.44 ↓ -60%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3,668.82 ↓ -59%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $3,668.82 ↓ -59%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3,668.82 ↓ -59%
Mercy Care Medicaid $3,668.82 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid $3,668.82 ↓ -59%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3,668.82 ↓ -59%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $3,993.85 ↓ -56%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $4,564.40 ↓ -49%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $4,785.00 ↓ -47%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $5,134.95 ↓ -43%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $5,134.95 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5,705.50 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicare $5,705.50 ↓ -37%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $5,705.50 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medical Rental $6,013.60 ↓ -33%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $6,161.94 ↓ -32%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $6,161.94 ↓ -32%
Aetna Joint Venture $6,758.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna Designated Group $7,180.00 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Commercial $8,241.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $8,447.00 ↓ -6%
Provider Network of America Commercial $8,558.25 ↓ -5%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $9,128.80 ↑ +1%

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Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $6,213.47 $2,282.20 – $9,128.80
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $4,252.68 $1,231.03 – $8,578.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $4,062.62 $1,583.80 – $5,939.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $3,433.03 $1,583.80 – $6,335.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $4,205.17 $1,583.80 – $8,578.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $3,646.85 $1,583.80 – $5,939.25
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $3,361.76 $1,583.80 – $5,939.25
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $3,658.73 $72.99 – $8,578.00

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