Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified 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

$20.81

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.

$153.00

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.

$12.88 with Wellpoint vs $122.40 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $12.88 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $12.88 ↓ -38%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $12.88 ↓ -38%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $12.88 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $12.88 ↓ -38%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $12.88 ↓ -38%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $12.88 ↓ -38%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $12.88 ↓ -38%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid $12.88 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicare $12.88 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
Mercy Care Medicaid $12.88 ↓ -38%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $12.88 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.88 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.27 ↓ -36%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $13.52 ↓ -35%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $13.52 ↓ -35%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $14.17 ↓ -32%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.17 ↓ -32%
NaphCare Federal $17.39 ↓ -16%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $17.52 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $18.03 ↓ -13%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $18.99 ↓ -9%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $19.06 ↓ -8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $19.32 ↓ -7%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $21.25 ↑ +2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $25.11 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $26.60 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Commercial $28.98 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $37.77 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $40.29 ↑ +94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $42.30 ↑ +103%
Aetna Joint Venture $43.25 ↑ +108%
Aetna Designated Group $45.96 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $50.36 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $50.36 ↑ +142%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $53.55 ↑ +157%
Aetna Broad Network $54.07 ↑ +160%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $68.85 ↑ +231%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $68.85 ↑ +231%
Aetna Medical Rental $80.63 ↑ +287%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $82.62 ↑ +297%
Provider Network of America Commercial $114.75 ↑ +451%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $122.40 ↑ +488%

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Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $32.89 $12.88 – $122.40
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $29.07 $12.88 – $114.75
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $25.70 $12.88 – $114.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $28.00 $12.88 – $122.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $26.01 $12.88 – $114.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $20.04 $12.88 – $122.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $39.93 $12.88 – $114.75
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $31.82 $12.88 – $114.75

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