Chlamydia culture at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$11.86
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.
$71.00
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.
$19.60 with Wellpoint vs $82.28 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $19.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $20.19 | ↑ +70% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $20.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $20.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $21.56 | ↑ +82% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $21.56 | ↑ +82% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $24.85 | ↑ +110% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $26.46 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $26.66 | ↑ +125% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $27.44 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $28.89 | ↑ +144% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $29.01 | ↑ +145% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $29.40 | ↑ +148% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $31.95 | ↑ +169% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $31.95 | ↑ +169% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $32.34 | ↑ +173% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $37.42 | ↑ +216% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $38.22 | ↑ +222% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $38.34 | ↑ +223% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $40.47 | ↑ +241% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $44.10 | ↑ +272% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $53.25 | ↑ +349% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $56.80 | ↑ +379% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $57.46 | ↑ +384% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $61.29 | ↑ +417% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $64.35 | ↑ +443% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $65.82 | ↑ +455% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $69.93 | ↑ +490% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $76.61 | ↑ +546% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $76.61 | ↑ +546% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $82.28 | ↑ +594% |
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Chlamydia culture at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $16.61 | $19.60 – $56.80 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $19.29 | $10.92 – $60.06 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $15.69 | $19.60 – $53.25 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $15.83 | $19.60 – $53.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $12.92 | $19.60 – $56.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $14.70 | $19.60 – $53.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $14.27 | $19.60 – $56.80 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $17.32 | $19.60 – $53.25 |