Ferritin 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

$22.78

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.

$146.00

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.

$13.63 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $116.80 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.

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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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $13.63 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $13.63 ↓ -40%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $13.63 ↓ -40%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
Mercy Care Medicaid $13.63 ↓ -40%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $13.63 ↓ -40%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $13.63 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $13.63 ↓ -40%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $13.63 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicare $13.63 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicaid $13.63 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $13.63 ↓ -40%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $13.63 ↓ -40%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.04 ↓ -38%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $14.31 ↓ -37%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $14.31 ↓ -37%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.99 ↓ -34%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $14.99 ↓ -34%
NaphCare Federal $18.40 ↓ -19%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $18.54 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $19.08 ↓ -16%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $20.09 ↓ -12%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $20.17 ↓ -11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $20.45 ↓ -10%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $22.49 ↓ -1%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $26.58 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $28.14 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Commercial $30.68 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $39.95 ↑ +75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $42.61 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $44.74 ↑ +96%
Aetna Joint Venture $45.77 ↑ +101%
Aetna Designated Group $48.63 ↑ +113%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $51.10 ↑ +124%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $53.26 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $53.26 ↑ +134%
Aetna Broad Network $57.22 ↑ +151%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $65.70 ↑ +188%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $65.70 ↑ +188%
Aetna Medical Rental $76.94 ↑ +238%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $78.84 ↑ +246%
Provider Network of America Commercial $109.50 ↑ +381%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $116.80 ↑ +413%

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Ferritin at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $23.65 $13.63 – $116.80
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $89.30 $13.63 – $279.51
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $35.52 $13.63 – $166.50
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $28.19 $13.63 – $166.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $130.07 $13.63 – $155.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $33.52 $13.63 – $177.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $25.09 $13.63 – $166.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $34.19 $13.63 – $177.60

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