Critical care each additional 30 minutes at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$640.90
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.
$2,900.00
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.
$580.00 with Aetna vs $2,320.00 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.
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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $580.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $696.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $751.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $751.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $751.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $751.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $870.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $876.00 | ↑ +37% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $1,015.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $1,160.00 | ↑ +81% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,305.00 | ↑ +104% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,305.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,450.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,450.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,450.00 | ↑ +126% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,458.00 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,528.30 | ↑ +138% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,566.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,566.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,626.00 | ↑ +154% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,728.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,910.00 | ↑ +198% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $2,033.00 | ↑ +217% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,175.00 | ↑ +239% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $2,214.00 | ↑ +245% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,320.00 | ↑ +262% |
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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $719.20 | $580.00 – $2,320.00 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,610.07 | $93.41 – $6,545.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $940.33 | $761.40 – $2,855.25 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $906.07 | $761.40 – $2,855.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $833.73 | $761.40 – $3,045.60 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $826.12 | $761.40 – $2,855.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $925.10 | $761.40 – $3,045.60 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,065.96 | $761.40 – $2,855.25 |