Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total 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

$30.26

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.

$194.00

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.

$64.41 with Wellpoint vs $270.39 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $64.41 ↑ +113%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $64.41 ↑ +113%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $64.41 ↑ +113%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $64.41 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $64.41 ↑ +113%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $64.41 ↑ +113%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $64.41 ↑ +113%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $64.41 ↑ +113%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
Health Net Medicaid $64.41 ↑ +113%
Health Net Medicare $64.41 ↑ +113%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
Mercy Care Medicaid $64.41 ↑ +113%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $64.41 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +113%
Humana Medicare Advantage $66.34 ↑ +119%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $67.63 ↑ +123%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $67.63 ↑ +123%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $67.90 ↑ +124%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $70.85 ↑ +134%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $70.85 ↑ +134%
NaphCare Federal $86.95 ↑ +187%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $87.30 ↑ +188%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $87.30 ↑ +188%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $87.60 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $90.17 ↑ +198%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $94.94 ↑ +214%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $95.33 ↑ +215%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $96.61 ↑ +219%
Aetna Medical Rental $102.24 ↑ +238%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $104.76 ↑ +246%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $106.28 ↑ +251%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $125.61 ↑ +315%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $133.01 ↑ +340%
United Healthcare Commercial $144.93 ↑ +379%
Provider Network of America Commercial $145.50 ↑ +381%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $155.20 ↑ +413%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $188.84 ↑ +524%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $201.43 ↑ +566%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $211.50 ↑ +599%
Aetna Joint Venture $216.29 ↑ +615%
Aetna Designated Group $229.81 ↑ +659%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $251.78 ↑ +732%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $251.78 ↑ +732%
Aetna Broad Network $270.39 ↑ +794%

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Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $31.43 $64.41 – $155.20
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $63.38 $36.07 – $198.39
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $31.04 $64.41 – $145.50
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $24.64 $64.41 – $145.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $29.29 $64.41 – $155.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $21.92 $64.41 – $145.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $29.88 $64.41 – $155.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $29.10 $64.41 – $145.50

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