Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$9.83
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.
$63.00
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.
$4.95 with Wellpoint vs $29.60 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.
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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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $5.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $5.20 | ↓ -47% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $5.20 | ↓ -47% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $5.45 | ↓ -45% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.45 | ↓ -45% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $6.68 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $6.73 | ↓ -32% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $6.93 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $7.30 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $7.33 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $7.42 | ↓ -25% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $8.17 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $9.66 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $10.20 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $11.14 | ↑ +13% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $12.95 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $14.49 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $15.45 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $16.22 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $16.62 | ↑ +69% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $16.65 | ↑ +69% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $16.65 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $17.66 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $19.31 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $19.31 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $19.50 | ↑ +98% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $19.98 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $20.78 | ↑ +111% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $27.75 | ↑ +182% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $29.60 | ↑ +201% |
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Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $10.21 | $4.95 – $29.60 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $66.67 | $2.78 – $15.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $20.16 | $4.95 – $93.75 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $16.00 | $4.95 – $93.75 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $73.24 | $4.95 – $87.50 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $19.03 | $4.95 – $100.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $14.24 | $4.95 – $93.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $19.40 | $4.95 – $100.00 |