Artery x-rays chest at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$798.95
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.
$2,703.00
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.
$216.94 with Aetna vs $14,487.17 with United Healthcare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $216.94 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $268.40 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $381.07 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $406.47 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $426.79 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $508.09 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $508.09 | ↓ -36% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $946.05 | ↑ +18% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,216.35 | ↑ +52% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,216.35 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,248.79 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,327.17 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,424.48 | ↑ +78% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,459.62 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,559.63 | ↑ +95% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $1,662.35 | ↑ +108% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,027.25 | ↑ +154% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $2,074.70 | ↑ +160% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2,074.70 | ↑ +160% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $2,074.70 | ↑ +160% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2,074.70 | ↑ +160% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2,074.70 | ↑ +160% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $2,074.70 | ↑ +160% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,162.40 | ↑ +171% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,354.67 | ↑ +320% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $3,455.31 | ↑ +332% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $3,522.40 | ↑ +341% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $3,522.40 | ↑ +341% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $3,690.14 | ↑ +362% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,690.14 | ↑ +362% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $4,528.80 | ↑ +467% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $4,562.35 | ↑ +471% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $4,696.54 | ↑ +488% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $4,964.91 | ↑ +521% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $5,032.01 | ↑ +530% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $5,535.21 | ↑ +593% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $14,487.17 | ↑ +1713% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Artery x-rays chest at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $643.31 | $216.94 – $5,535.21 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $2,252.63 | $173.09 – $7,050.89 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $627.72 | $173.77 – $5,535.21 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $624.75 | $446.65 – $5,535.21 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $821.10 | $341.05 – $5,535.21 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $624.75 | $216.94 – $5,032.01 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $779.45 | $446.65 – $5,535.21 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $586.08 | $446.65 – $5,535.21 |