Drug screening tapentadol at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$8.74
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.
$56.00
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.
$11.20 with Aetna vs $61.98 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 | $11.20 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $13.44 | ↑ +54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $14.50 | ↑ +66% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $14.50 | ↑ +66% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $14.50 | ↑ +66% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $14.50 | ↑ +66% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $14.50 | ↑ +66% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $14.50 | ↑ +66% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $16.80 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $18.20 | ↑ +108% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $19.60 | ↑ +124% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $22.40 | ↑ +156% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $25.20 | ↑ +188% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $25.20 | ↑ +188% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $25.87 | ↑ +196% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $27.50 | ↑ +215% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $28.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $28.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $28.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $29.51 | ↑ +238% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $30.24 | ↑ +246% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $30.24 | ↑ +246% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $32.31 | ↑ +270% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $32.74 | ↑ +275% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $34.44 | ↑ +294% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $42.00 | ↑ +381% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $44.80 | ↑ +413% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $46.48 | ↑ +432% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $49.58 | ↑ +467% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $52.06 | ↑ +496% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $61.98 | ↑ +609% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $61.98 | ↑ +609% |
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Drug screening tapentadol at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $9.07 | $11.20 – $46.48 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $8.96 | $11.20 – $42.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $7.11 | $11.20 – $54.48 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $8.46 | $11.20 – $44.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $6.33 | $11.20 – $42.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $8.62 | $11.20 – $44.80 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $8.40 | $11.20 – $54.48 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $9.69 | $11.20 – $54.48 |