Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$404.03
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.
$1,712.00
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.
$59.28 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $1,476.35 with United Healthcare — 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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| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $59.28 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $110.75 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $135.28 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $157.24 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $167.73 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $176.11 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $209.66 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $209.66 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $308.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $327.47 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $385.29 | ↓ -5% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $475.71 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $475.71 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $475.71 | ↑ +18% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $475.71 | ↑ +18% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $475.71 | ↑ +18% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $475.71 | ↑ +18% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $599.20 | ↑ +48% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $770.40 | ↑ +91% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $770.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $870.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $896.79 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $902.22 | ↑ +123% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $914.20 | ↑ +126% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $914.20 | ↑ +126% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $924.48 | ↑ +129% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $957.74 | ↑ +137% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $957.74 | ↑ +137% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $1,175.40 | ↑ +191% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,184.11 | ↑ +193% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,218.94 | ↑ +202% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,284.00 | ↑ +218% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,288.59 | ↑ +219% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,306.01 | ↑ +223% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,369.60 | ↑ +239% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,436.61 | ↑ +256% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,476.35 | ↑ +265% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $419.44 | $59.28 – $1,436.61 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $186.47 | $67.68 – $758.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $308.16 | $59.28 – $1,306.01 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $1,155.87 | $31.12 – $1,626.40 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $382.89 | $95.18 – $1,366.03 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $577.97 | $67.68 – $1,195.27 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $607.70 | $96.56 – $868.14 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $412.99 | $95.18 – $1,366.03 |