Carbon dioxide at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$30.42
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.
$195.00
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.
$4.88 with Wellpoint vs $21.60 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.
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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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $5.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $5.12 | ↓ -83% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $5.12 | ↓ -83% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $5.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.37 | ↓ -82% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $6.59 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $6.64 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $6.83 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $7.19 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $7.22 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $7.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $8.05 | ↓ -74% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $9.45 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $9.51 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $10.09 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $10.98 | ↓ -64% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $12.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $12.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $14.23 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $14.32 | ↓ -53% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $14.58 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $15.28 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $16.04 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $16.39 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $17.41 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $19.10 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $19.10 | ↓ -37% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $20.25 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $20.49 | ↓ -33% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $21.60 | ↓ -29% |
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Carbon dioxide at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $31.59 | $4.88 – $21.60 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $25.10 | $2.74 – $15.04 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $43.20 | $4.88 – $81.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $34.29 | $4.88 – $81.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $40.77 | $4.88 – $86.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $30.51 | $4.88 – $81.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $41.58 | $4.88 – $86.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $40.50 | $4.88 – $81.00 |