Contrast baths charges at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$26.34
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.
$148.00
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.
$29.60 with Aetna vs $268.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $29.60 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $35.52 | ↑ +35% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $38.33 | ↑ +46% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $38.33 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $38.33 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $38.33 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $44.40 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $44.76 | ↑ +70% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $51.80 | ↑ +97% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $59.20 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $63.55 | ↑ +141% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $66.60 | ↑ +153% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $66.60 | ↑ +153% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $67.79 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $68.38 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $71.18 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $72.67 | ↑ +176% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $74.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $74.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $74.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $78.00 | ↑ +196% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $79.92 | ↑ +203% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $79.92 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $81.00 | ↑ +208% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $84.73 | ↑ +222% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $84.73 | ↑ +222% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $85.40 | ↑ +224% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $111.00 | ↑ +321% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $118.40 | ↑ +350% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $225.00 | ↑ +754% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $268.00 | ↑ +917% |
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Contrast baths charges at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $39.81 | $29.60 – $268.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $18.40 | $23.00 – $241.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $20.70 | $23.00 – $235.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $17.36 | $23.00 – $241.00 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $11.42 | $11.66 – $44.10 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $17.36 | $23.00 – $241.00 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $32.66 | $13.57 – $54.15 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $25.65 | $14.66 – $91.51 |