#aptt mix-1:1 incubated at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$20.04
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.
$120.00
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.
$35.09 with Wellpoint vs $147.31 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $35.09 | ↑ +75% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $36.14 | ↑ +80% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $36.84 | ↑ +84% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $36.84 | ↑ +84% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $38.60 | ↑ +93% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $38.60 | ↑ +93% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $42.00 | ↑ +110% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $47.37 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $47.72 | ↑ +138% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $49.13 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $51.72 | ↑ +158% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $51.93 | ↑ +159% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $52.63 | ↑ +163% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $54.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $54.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $57.90 | ↑ +189% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $63.24 | ↑ +216% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $64.80 | ↑ +223% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $68.43 | ↑ +241% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $72.47 | ↑ +262% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $78.96 | ↑ +294% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $90.00 | ↑ +349% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $96.00 | ↑ +379% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $102.89 | ↑ +413% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $109.75 | ↑ +448% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $115.24 | ↑ +475% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $117.83 | ↑ +488% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $125.20 | ↑ +525% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $137.19 | ↑ +585% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $137.19 | ↑ +585% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $147.31 | ↑ +635% |
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#aptt mix-1:1 incubated at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $28.08 | $35.09 – $96.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $26.52 | $35.09 – $90.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $26.76 | $35.09 – $90.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $21.84 | $35.09 – $96.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $24.84 | $35.09 – $90.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $24.12 | $35.09 – $96.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $29.28 | $35.09 – $90.00 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $32.16 | $35.09 – $90.00 |