Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$2,372.17
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.
$4,433.00
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.
$591.00 with Aetna vs $7,674.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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 | $591.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $709.20 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $886.50 | ↓ -63% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $1,034.25 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,038.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $1,182.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,246.50 | ↓ -47% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $1,271.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,271.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -46% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,329.75 | ↓ -44% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,329.75 | ↓ -44% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,477.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,477.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,477.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,557.29 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,595.70 | ↓ -33% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,595.70 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,769.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,887.73 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,982.12 | ↓ -16% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,216.25 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,359.67 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,359.67 | ↓ -1% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,364.00 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +97% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5,107.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $7,674.00 | ↑ +224% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,609.18 | $591.00 – $7,674.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,975.05 | $770.00 – $8,369.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $2,044.35 | $770.00 – $2,887.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $2,234.93 | $770.00 – $8,369.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $1,634.32 | $770.00 – $8,369.00 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $1,778.70 | $72.99 – $8,369.00 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $320.55 | $202.05 – $457.92 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $202.05 – $2,081.30 |