Ecg external < 48 hours recording 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

$110.84

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.

$375.00

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.

$27.61 with Aetna vs $300.00 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $27.61 ↓ -75%
Aetna Joint Venture $50.65 ↓ -54%
Aetna Designated Group $53.81 ↓ -51%
Aetna Broad Network $63.31 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $81.16 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $81.16 ↓ -27%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $131.25 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $137.07 ↑ +24%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $137.38 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $137.38 ↑ +24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $137.38 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $137.38 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicare $137.38 ↑ +24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $137.38 ↑ +24%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare Advantage $141.50 ↑ +28%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $144.25 ↑ +30%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $144.25 ↑ +30%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $151.12 ↑ +36%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $151.12 ↑ +36%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $168.75 ↑ +52%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $168.75 ↑ +52%
NaphCare Federal $185.46 ↑ +67%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $186.84 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $192.33 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $194.61 ↑ +76%
Aetna Medical Rental $197.62 ↑ +78%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $202.50 ↑ +83%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $203.32 ↑ +83%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $206.07 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $207.58 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare Commercial $215.62 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $217.96 ↑ +97%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $226.68 ↑ +105%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $230.62 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $259.48 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $259.48 ↑ +134%
Provider Network of America Commercial $281.25 ↑ +154%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $300.00 ↑ +171%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $118.36 $27.61 – $300.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $100.86 $19.31 – $315.70
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $269.45 $50.65 – $318.75
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $107.13 $50.65 – $318.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $102.49 $50.65 – $340.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $104.48 $27.61 – $318.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $67.15 $50.65 – $340.00
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