External recharg sys intern at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$1,064.00
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.
$6,080.00
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.
$1,216.00 with Aetna vs $8,097.81 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 | $1,216.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,310.16 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,310.16 | ↑ +23% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $1,310.16 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,310.16 | ↑ +23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,310.16 | ↑ +23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $1,310.16 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,459.20 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,824.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,976.00 | ↑ +86% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $2,128.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $2,432.00 | ↑ +129% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,736.00 | ↑ +157% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,736.00 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $2,808.96 | ↑ +164% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $2,985.28 | ↑ +181% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,997.44 | ↑ +182% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $3,009.60 | ↑ +183% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $3,040.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $3,040.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $3,040.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $3,204.16 | ↑ +201% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $3,283.20 | ↑ +209% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $3,283.20 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $3,508.16 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $4,277.69 | ↑ +302% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $4,560.00 | ↑ +329% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $4,864.00 | ↑ +357% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $6,073.36 | ↑ +471% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $6,478.25 | ↑ +509% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $6,802.16 | ↑ +539% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $8,097.81 | ↑ +661% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $8,097.81 | ↑ +661% |
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External recharg sys intern at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,919.09 | $1,216.00 – $6,073.36 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,789.16 | $601.58 – $4,297.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $2,346.88 | $1,216.00 – $4,560.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,532.52 | $1,216.00 – $7,118.70 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,842.24 | $1,216.00 – $7,118.70 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,836.16 | $1,216.00 – $7,118.70 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $1,910.58 | $72.99 – $4,560.00 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $3,173.28 | $672.00 – $4,200.00 |