Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc 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

$9.20

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.

$59.00

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.

$9.81 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $47.20 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 $9.81 ↑ +7%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $9.81 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.81 ↑ +7%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.81 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $9.81 ↑ +7%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $9.81 ↑ +7%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $9.81 ↑ +7%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.81 ↑ +7%
Mercy Care Medicaid $9.81 ↑ +7%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $9.81 ↑ +7%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.81 ↑ +7%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.81 ↑ +7%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.81 ↑ +7%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $9.81 ↑ +7%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $9.81 ↑ +7%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $9.81 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.81 ↑ +7%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $9.81 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicare $9.81 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicaid $9.81 ↑ +7%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $9.81 ↑ +7%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $9.81 ↑ +7%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $9.81 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.10 ↑ +10%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $10.30 ↑ +12%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $10.30 ↑ +12%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.79 ↑ +17%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $10.79 ↑ +17%
NaphCare Federal $13.24 ↑ +44%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $13.34 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $13.73 ↑ +49%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $14.46 ↑ +57%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $14.52 ↑ +58%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $14.71 ↑ +60%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $16.19 ↑ +76%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $19.14 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $20.26 ↑ +120%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $20.65 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare Commercial $22.08 ↑ +140%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $26.55 ↑ +189%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $26.55 ↑ +189%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $28.77 ↑ +213%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $30.69 ↑ +234%
Aetna Medical Rental $31.09 ↑ +238%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $31.86 ↑ +246%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $32.22 ↑ +250%
Aetna Joint Venture $32.94 ↑ +258%
Aetna Designated Group $35.00 ↑ +280%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $38.36 ↑ +317%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $38.36 ↑ +317%
Aetna Broad Network $41.18 ↑ +348%
Provider Network of America Commercial $44.25 ↑ +381%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $47.20 ↑ +413%

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Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $9.56 $9.81 – $47.20
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $9.44 $9.81 – $44.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $8.91 $9.81 – $47.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $6.67 $9.81 – $44.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $9.09 $9.81 – $47.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $8.85 $9.81 – $44.25
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $10.21 $9.81 – $44.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $9.32 $9.81 – $44.25

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