Echo exam of eye thickness at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$73.34
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.
$261.00
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.
$8.75 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $208.80 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.
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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $8.75 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $12.43 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $13.26 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $13.92 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $16.57 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $16.57 | ↓ -77% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $17.89 | ↓ -76% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $17.89 | ↓ -76% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $17.89 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $17.89 | ↓ -76% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $17.89 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $17.89 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $52.20 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $62.64 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $78.30 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $84.83 | ↑ +16% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $91.35 | ↑ +25% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $104.40 | ↑ +42% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $117.45 | ↑ +60% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $117.45 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $120.58 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $124.90 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $128.15 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $130.50 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $130.50 | ↑ +78% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $130.50 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $137.55 | ↑ +88% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $140.94 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $140.94 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $150.60 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $160.51 | ↑ +119% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $195.75 | ↑ +167% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $208.80 | ↑ +185% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |