Ghs reticulocyte count 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

$1.69

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.

$13.00

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.

$4.31 with Wellpoint vs $18.09 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.

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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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $4.31 ↑ +155%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4.31 ↑ +155%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4.31 ↑ +155%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $4.31 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.31 ↑ +155%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.31 ↑ +155%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $4.31 ↑ +155%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4.31 ↑ +155%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
Health Net Medicaid $4.31 ↑ +155%
Health Net Medicare $4.31 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
Mercy Care Medicaid $4.31 ↑ +155%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $4.31 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +155%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.44 ↑ +163%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $4.53 ↑ +168%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $4.53 ↑ +168%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $4.55 ↑ +169%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.74 ↑ +180%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $4.74 ↑ +180%
NaphCare Federal $5.82 ↑ +244%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $5.85 ↑ +246%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $5.85 ↑ +246%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $5.86 ↑ +247%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $6.03 ↑ +257%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $6.35 ↑ +276%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $6.38 ↑ +278%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $6.46 ↑ +282%
Aetna Medical Rental $6.85 ↑ +305%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $7.02 ↑ +315%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $7.11 ↑ +321%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $8.40 ↑ +397%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $8.90 ↑ +427%
United Healthcare Commercial $9.71 ↑ +475%
Provider Network of America Commercial $9.75 ↑ +477%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $10.40 ↑ +515%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $12.63 ↑ +647%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $13.47 ↑ +697%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $14.15 ↑ +737%
Aetna Joint Venture $14.47 ↑ +756%
Aetna Designated Group $15.38 ↑ +810%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $16.84 ↑ +896%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $16.84 ↑ +896%
Aetna Broad Network $18.09 ↑ +970%

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Ghs reticulocyte count at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $18.95 $4.31 – $59.29
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $2.38 $4.31 – $9.75
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $5.85 $4.31 – $9.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $2.40 $4.31 – $10.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $2.76 $4.31 – $9.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $2.48 $4.31 – $10.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $2.46 $4.31 – $9.75
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $2.94 $4.31 – $9.75

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