Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days 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

$73.01

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.

$247.00

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.

$20.33 with Aetna vs $400.43 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.

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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 $20.33 ↓ -72%
Mercy Care Medicaid $24.53 ↓ -66%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $24.53 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid $24.53 ↓ -66%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $24.53 ↓ -66%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $24.53 ↓ -66%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $24.53 ↓ -66%
Aetna Joint Venture $37.29 ↓ -49%
Aetna Designated Group $39.62 ↓ -46%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $41.83 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $41.83 ↓ -43%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $41.83 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $41.83 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicare $41.83 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $41.83 ↓ -43%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare Advantage $43.08 ↓ -41%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $43.92 ↓ -40%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $43.92 ↓ -40%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $46.01 ↓ -37%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $46.01 ↓ -37%
Aetna Broad Network $46.61 ↓ -36%
NaphCare Federal $56.47 ↓ -23%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $56.89 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $58.56 ↓ -20%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $61.91 ↓ -15%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $62.74 ↓ -14%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $69.02 ↓ -5%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $86.45 ↑ +18%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $111.15 ↑ +52%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $111.15 ↑ +52%
Aetna Medical Rental $130.17 ↑ +78%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $133.38 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Commercial $142.03 ↑ +95%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $151.91 ↑ +108%
Provider Network of America Commercial $185.25 ↑ +154%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $197.60 ↑ +171%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $211.53 ↑ +190%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $300.33 ↑ +311%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $320.35 ↑ +339%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $336.36 ↑ +361%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $400.43 ↑ +448%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $400.43 ↑ +448%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $77.96 $20.33 – $197.60
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $70.29 $12.52 – $145.36

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