Ghs moderate sedation, > 5 yr, 30 min, other at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$145.01
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.
$485.00
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.
$97.00 with Aetna vs $496.95 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 | $97.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $116.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $125.61 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $125.61 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $125.61 | ↓ -13% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $125.61 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $145.50 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $157.62 | ↑ +9% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $169.75 | ↑ +17% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $194.00 | ↑ +34% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $218.25 | ↑ +51% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $218.25 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $224.07 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $238.13 | ↑ +64% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $242.50 | ↑ +67% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $242.50 | ↑ +67% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $242.50 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $255.59 | ↑ +76% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $261.90 | ↑ +81% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $261.90 | ↑ +81% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $262.52 | ↑ +81% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $278.88 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $279.85 | ↑ +93% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $298.27 | ↑ +106% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $363.75 | ↑ +151% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $372.71 | ↑ +157% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $388.00 | ↑ +168% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $397.56 | ↑ +174% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $417.44 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $496.95 | ↑ +243% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $496.95 | ↑ +243% |
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Ghs moderate sedation, > 5 yr, 30 min, other at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $159.56 | $97.00 – $388.00 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $105.78 | $60.06 – $330.33 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $177.60 | $111.00 – $416.25 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $158.73 | $111.00 – $436.86 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $153.18 | $111.00 – $416.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $162.06 | $111.00 – $444.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $187.04 | $111.00 – $436.86 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $154.85 | $111.00 – $436.86 |