App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
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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.
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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.
$82.69 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $1,861.48 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $82.69 | — |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $82.69 | — |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $82.69 | — |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $82.69 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $82.69 | — |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $82.69 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $983.33 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,396.11 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,489.18 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,563.64 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,861.48 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,861.48 | — |
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App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | not published | $82.69 – $1,396.11 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $333.58 | $26.11 – $1,215.84 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $47.14 | $18.20 – $636.64 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $34.94 | $18.20 – $1,636.41 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $40.95 | $18.20 – $958.32 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $51.96 | $37.04 – $81.90 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $922.15 | $26.11 – $1,907.06 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $2,617.04 | $26.11 – $46.55 |