Digital analysis of eeg at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$155.16
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.
$715.00
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.
$143.00 with Aetna vs $1,053.19 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 | $143.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $171.60 | ↑ +11% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $185.19 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $185.19 | ↑ +19% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $185.19 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $185.19 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $214.50 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $232.38 | ↑ +50% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $250.25 | ↑ +61% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $286.00 | ↑ +84% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $321.75 | ↑ +107% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $321.75 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $330.33 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $351.06 | ↑ +126% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $357.50 | ↑ +130% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $357.50 | ↑ +130% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $357.50 | ↑ +130% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $376.81 | ↑ +143% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $386.10 | ↑ +149% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $386.10 | ↑ +149% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $412.56 | ↑ +166% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $439.73 | ↑ +183% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $536.25 | ↑ +246% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $556.35 | ↑ +259% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $572.00 | ↑ +269% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $789.89 | ↑ +409% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $842.55 | ↑ +443% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $884.68 | ↑ +470% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,053.19 | ↑ +579% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,053.19 | ↑ +579% |
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Digital analysis of eeg at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $311.74 | $143.00 – $789.89 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $340.09 | $160.80 – $796.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $213.86 | $160.80 – $925.85 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $176.08 | $160.80 – $796.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $417.28 | $160.80 – $925.85 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $234.77 | $160.80 – $925.85 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $376.27 | $160.80 – $925.85 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $51.46 | $143.11 – $796.00 |