Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$7.02

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.

$54.00

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.

$3.80 with Wellpoint vs $43.20 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 $3.80 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3.80 ↓ -46%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3.80 ↓ -46%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $3.80 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $3.80 ↓ -46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3.80 ↓ -46%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $3.80 ↓ -46%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3.80 ↓ -46%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid $3.80 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicare $3.80 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
Mercy Care Medicaid $3.80 ↓ -46%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $3.80 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.91 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3.99 ↓ -43%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $3.99 ↓ -43%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $4.18 ↓ -40%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.18 ↓ -40%
NaphCare Federal $5.13 ↓ -27%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $5.17 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $5.32 ↓ -24%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $5.60 ↓ -20%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $5.62 ↓ -20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5.70 ↓ -19%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $6.27 ↓ -11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $7.41 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $7.84 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $8.55 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $11.14 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $11.88 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $12.47 ↑ +78%
Aetna Joint Venture $12.76 ↑ +82%
Aetna Designated Group $13.56 ↑ +93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $14.85 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $14.85 ↑ +112%
Aetna Broad Network $15.95 ↑ +127%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $18.90 ↑ +169%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $24.30 ↑ +246%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $24.30 ↑ +246%
Aetna Medical Rental $28.46 ↑ +305%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $29.16 ↑ +315%
Provider Network of America Commercial $40.50 ↑ +477%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $43.20 ↑ +515%

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Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $7.40 $3.80 – $43.20
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $32.23 $3.80 – $97.02
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $9.88 $3.80 – $40.50
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $24.30 $3.80 – $40.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $31.64 $3.80 – $37.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $9.99 $3.80 – $43.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $11.45 $3.80 – $40.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $10.31 $3.80 – $43.20

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