Creatine kinase 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

$13.88

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.

$89.00

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.

$6.51 with Wellpoint vs $44.00 with Arizona Medical Network — 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 $6.51 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $6.51 ↓ -53%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $6.51 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $6.51 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $6.51 ↓ -53%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $6.51 ↓ -53%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $6.51 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $6.51 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid $6.51 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare $6.51 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
Mercy Care Medicaid $6.51 ↓ -53%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $6.51 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6.71 ↓ -52%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $6.84 ↓ -51%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $6.84 ↓ -51%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $7.16 ↓ -48%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.16 ↓ -48%
NaphCare Federal $8.79 ↓ -37%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $8.85 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $9.11 ↓ -34%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $9.60 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $9.63 ↓ -31%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $9.77 ↓ -30%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $10.74 ↓ -23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $12.69 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $13.44 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $14.65 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $19.09 ↑ +38%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $19.25 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $20.36 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $21.38 ↑ +54%
Aetna Joint Venture $21.86 ↑ +57%
Aetna Designated Group $23.23 ↑ +67%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $24.75 ↑ +78%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $24.75 ↑ +78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $25.45 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $25.45 ↑ +83%
Aetna Broad Network $27.33 ↑ +97%
Aetna Medical Rental $28.98 ↑ +109%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $29.70 ↑ +114%
Provider Network of America Commercial $41.25 ↑ +197%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $44.00 ↑ +217%

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Creatine kinase at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $14.42 $6.51 – $44.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $91.76 $3.65 – $20.06
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $33.60 $6.51 – $41.25
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $26.67 $6.51 – $41.25
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $123.03 $6.51 – $147.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $31.71 $6.51 – $44.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $23.73 $6.51 – $41.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $32.34 $6.51 – $44.00

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