_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout 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

$61.42

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.

$347.00

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.

$50.00 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $484.28 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $50.00 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $115.36 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $115.36 ↑ +88%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $115.36 ↑ +88%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $115.36 ↑ +88%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
Health Net Medicare $115.36 ↑ +88%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $115.36 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $118.82 ↑ +93%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $121.13 ↑ +97%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $121.13 ↑ +97%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $121.45 ↑ +98%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $126.90 ↑ +107%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $126.90 ↑ +107%
NaphCare Federal $155.74 ↑ +154%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $156.15 ↑ +154%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $156.15 ↑ +154%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $156.89 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $161.50 ↑ +163%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $170.04 ↑ +177%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $170.73 ↑ +178%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $173.04 ↑ +182%
Aetna Medical Rental $182.87 ↑ +198%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $187.38 ↑ +205%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $190.34 ↑ +210%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $224.94 ↑ +266%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $238.24 ↑ +288%
United Healthcare Commercial $259.56 ↑ +323%
Provider Network of America Commercial $260.25 ↑ +324%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $277.60 ↑ +352%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $338.25 ↑ +451%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $360.80 ↑ +487%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $378.84 ↑ +517%
Aetna Joint Venture $387.38 ↑ +531%
Aetna Designated Group $411.60 ↑ +570%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $451.01 ↑ +634%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $451.01 ↑ +634%
Aetna Broad Network $484.28 ↑ +688%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $81.20 $50.00 – $277.60
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $295.70 $64.54 – $354.97
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $76.69 $50.00 – $260.25
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $201.61 $50.00 – $260.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $63.15 $50.00 – $277.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $99.59 $50.00 – $260.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $69.75 $50.00 – $277.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $84.67 $50.00 – $260.25

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