Assay free hydroxyproline 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

$17.47

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.

$112.00

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.

$22.65 with Wellpoint vs $95.08 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 $22.65 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $22.65 ↑ +30%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $22.65 ↑ +30%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $22.65 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $22.65 ↑ +30%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $22.65 ↑ +30%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $22.65 ↑ +30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $22.65 ↑ +30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
Health Net Medicaid $22.65 ↑ +30%
Health Net Medicare $22.65 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
Mercy Care Medicaid $22.65 ↑ +30%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $22.65 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↑ +30%
Humana Medicare Advantage $23.33 ↑ +34%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $23.78 ↑ +36%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $23.78 ↑ +36%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $24.91 ↑ +43%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $24.91 ↑ +43%
NaphCare Federal $30.58 ↑ +75%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $30.80 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $31.71 ↑ +82%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $33.39 ↑ +91%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $33.52 ↑ +92%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $33.98 ↑ +95%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $37.37 ↑ +114%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $39.20 ↑ +124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $44.16 ↑ +153%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $46.78 ↑ +168%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $50.40 ↑ +188%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $50.40 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare Commercial $50.97 ↑ +192%
Aetna Medical Rental $59.02 ↑ +238%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $60.48 ↑ +246%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $66.42 ↑ +280%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $70.84 ↑ +305%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $74.39 ↑ +326%
Aetna Joint Venture $76.06 ↑ +335%
Aetna Designated Group $80.82 ↑ +363%
Provider Network of America Commercial $84.00 ↑ +381%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $88.55 ↑ +407%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $88.55 ↑ +407%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $89.60 ↑ +413%
Aetna Broad Network $95.08 ↑ +444%

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Assay free hydroxyproline at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $18.14 $22.65 – $89.60
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $17.92 $22.65 – $84.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $14.22 $22.65 – $84.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $16.91 $22.65 – $89.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $12.66 $22.65 – $84.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $17.25 $22.65 – $89.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $16.80 $22.65 – $84.00
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $19.38 $22.65 – $84.00

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