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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$19.50

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.

$125.00

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.

$9.71 with UPMC Health Plan vs $100.00 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
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $9.71 ↓ -50%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $9.71 ↓ -50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.71 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $9.71 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $9.71 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid $9.71 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $9.71 ↓ -50%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $9.71 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Medicaid $9.71 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicare $9.71 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $9.71 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.71 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.00 ↓ -49%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $10.20 ↓ -48%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $10.20 ↓ -48%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.68 ↓ -45%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $10.68 ↓ -45%
NaphCare Federal $13.11 ↓ -33%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $13.21 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $13.59 ↓ -30%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $14.31 ↓ -27%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $14.37 ↓ -26%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $14.56 ↓ -25%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $16.02 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $18.93 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $20.06 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $21.86 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $28.49 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $30.39 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $31.91 ↑ +64%
Aetna Joint Venture $32.61 ↑ +67%
Aetna Designated Group $34.65 ↑ +78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $37.98 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $37.98 ↑ +95%
Aetna Broad Network $40.76 ↑ +109%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $43.75 ↑ +124%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $56.25 ↑ +188%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $56.25 ↑ +188%
Aetna Medical Rental $65.88 ↑ +238%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $67.50 ↑ +246%
Provider Network of America Commercial $93.75 ↑ +381%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $100.00 ↑ +413%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $20.25 $9.71 – $100.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $28.32 $9.71 – $132.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $103.70 $9.71 – $123.90
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $22.48 $9.71 – $132.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $26.73 $9.71 – $141.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $20.00 $9.71 – $22.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $27.26 $9.71 – $141.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $26.55 $9.71 – $132.75

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