Carboxyhemoglobin quantitative 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

$11.70

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.

$75.00

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.

$12.32 with Wellpoint vs $51.72 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 $12.32 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $12.32 ↑ +5%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $12.32 ↑ +5%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $12.32 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $12.32 ↑ +5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $12.32 ↑ +5%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $12.32 ↑ +5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $12.32 ↑ +5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicaid $12.32 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare $12.32 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
Mercy Care Medicaid $12.32 ↑ +5%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $12.32 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12.69 ↑ +8%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12.94 ↑ +11%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $12.94 ↑ +11%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $12.95 ↑ +11%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.55 ↑ +16%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $13.55 ↑ +16%
NaphCare Federal $16.63 ↑ +42%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $16.65 ↑ +42%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $16.65 ↑ +42%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $16.76 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $17.25 ↑ +47%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $18.16 ↑ +55%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $18.23 ↑ +56%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $18.48 ↑ +58%
Aetna Medical Rental $19.50 ↑ +67%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $19.98 ↑ +71%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $20.33 ↑ +74%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $24.03 ↑ +105%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $25.44 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.72 ↑ +137%
Provider Network of America Commercial $27.75 ↑ +137%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $29.60 ↑ +153%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $36.11 ↑ +209%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $38.52 ↑ +229%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $40.45 ↑ +246%
Aetna Joint Venture $41.37 ↑ +254%
Aetna Designated Group $43.96 ↑ +276%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $48.15 ↑ +312%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $48.15 ↑ +312%
Aetna Broad Network $51.72 ↑ +342%

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Carboxyhemoglobin quantitative at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $12.15 $12.32 – $29.60
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $73.80 $12.32 – $100.10
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $12.00 $12.32 – $27.75
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $9.53 $12.32 – $27.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $32.81 $12.32 – $39.20
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $11.32 $12.32 – $29.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $8.47 $12.32 – $27.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $11.55 $12.32 – $29.60

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