Electrophysiology evaluation at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$1,220.31
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.
$10,430.00
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.
$2,086.00 with Aetna vs $43,322.00 with Aetna — 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 | $2,086.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $2,503.20 | ↑ +105% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2,701.37 | ↑ +121% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2,701.37 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2,701.37 | ↑ +121% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $2,701.37 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $3,129.00 | ↑ +156% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $3,650.50 | ↑ +199% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $3,978.80 | ↑ +226% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $4,172.00 | ↑ +242% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $4,693.50 | ↑ +285% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $4,693.50 | ↑ +285% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $5,215.00 | ↑ +327% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $5,215.00 | ↑ +327% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $5,215.00 | ↑ +327% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $5,496.61 | ↑ +350% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $5,632.20 | ↑ +362% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $5,632.20 | ↑ +362% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $5,649.00 | ↑ +363% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5,997.25 | ↑ +391% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $6,025.60 | ↑ +394% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $6,326.88 | ↑ +418% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $6,414.45 | ↑ +426% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $7,532.00 | ↑ +517% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $7,532.00 | ↑ +517% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $7,822.50 | ↑ +541% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $8,344.00 | ↑ +584% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $15,142.00 | ↑ +1141% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $34,658.00 | ↑ +2740% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $36,824.00 | ↑ +2918% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $43,322.00 | ↑ +3450% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $2,743.09 | $2,086.00 – $8,344.00 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $2,356.19 | $1,233.76 – $7,375.06 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,624.10 | $1,108.60 – $4,157.25 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $548.76 | $1,108.60 – $6,621.30 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,341.41 | $1,108.60 – $5,055.82 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,784.85 | $1,108.60 – $6,621.30 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,823.65 | $1,108.60 – $6,621.30 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $1,585.30 | $986.65 – $5,552.40 |