Cortisol total am 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

$50.39

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.

$323.00

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.

$16.30 with Wellpoint vs $68.43 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 $16.30 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -68%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $16.30 ↓ -68%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $16.30 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.30 ↓ -68%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.30 ↓ -68%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $16.30 ↓ -68%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -68%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicare $16.30 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
Mercy Care Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -68%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $16.30 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.30 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.79 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -66%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $17.11 ↓ -66%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $17.93 ↓ -64%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.93 ↓ -64%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $20.30 ↓ -60%
NaphCare Federal $22.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $22.17 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $22.82 ↓ -55%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $24.03 ↓ -52%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $24.12 ↓ -52%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $24.45 ↓ -51%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $26.10 ↓ -48%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $26.10 ↓ -48%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $26.89 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medical Rental $30.57 ↓ -39%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $31.32 ↓ -38%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $31.80 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $33.68 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $36.67 ↓ -27%
Provider Network of America Commercial $43.50 ↓ -14%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $46.40 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $47.81 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $51.00 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $53.55 ↑ +6%
Aetna Joint Venture $54.74 ↑ +9%
Aetna Designated Group $58.16 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $63.75 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $63.75 ↑ +27%
Aetna Broad Network $68.43 ↑ +36%

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Cortisol total am at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $52.33 $16.30 – $46.40
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $83.89 $9.13 – $50.21
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $51.68 $16.30 – $43.50
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $41.02 $16.30 – $43.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $33.98 $16.30 – $40.60
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $48.77 $16.30 – $46.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $36.50 $16.30 – $43.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $49.74 $16.30 – $46.40

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