Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$573.62
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.
$4,988.00
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.
$997.60 with Aetna vs $13,103.00 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 | $997.60 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,197.12 | ↑ +109% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $1,291.89 | ↑ +125% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,291.89 | ↑ +125% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,291.89 | ↑ +125% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,291.89 | ↑ +125% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,496.40 | ↑ +161% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,621.10 | ↑ +183% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $1,745.80 | ↑ +204% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $1,995.20 | ↑ +248% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,041.00 | ↑ +256% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,244.60 | ↑ +291% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,244.60 | ↑ +291% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $2,304.46 | ↑ +302% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $2,449.11 | ↑ +327% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $2,494.00 | ↑ +335% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $2,494.00 | ↑ +335% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $2,494.00 | ↑ +335% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $2,495.47 | ↑ +335% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2,628.68 | ↑ +358% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $2,693.52 | ↑ +370% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2,693.52 | ↑ +370% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $2,878.08 | ↑ +402% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,543.01 | ↑ +518% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $3,741.00 | ↑ +552% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,779.21 | ↑ +559% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $3,968.17 | ↑ +592% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $3,990.40 | ↑ +596% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,724.02 | ↑ +724% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,724.02 | ↑ +724% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $13,103.00 | ↑ +2184% |
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Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,052.47 | $997.60 – $13,103.00 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $2,191.62 | $279.29 – $6,859.93 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,275.18 | $962.40 – $12,389.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,212.91 | $962.40 – $12,389.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $947.96 | $962.40 – $12,389.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $678.49 | $962.40 – $10,541.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $880.60 | $962.40 – $12,389.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $972.02 | $962.40 – $12,389.00 |