Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$44.97
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.
$308.00
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.
$61.60 with Aetna vs $305.91 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 | $61.60 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $73.92 | ↑ +64% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $79.77 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $79.77 | ↑ +77% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $79.77 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $79.77 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $81.00 | ↑ +80% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $92.40 | ↑ +105% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $107.80 | ↑ +140% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $123.20 | ↑ +174% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $138.60 | ↑ +208% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $138.60 | ↑ +208% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $142.30 | ↑ +216% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $151.23 | ↑ +236% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $154.00 | ↑ +242% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $154.00 | ↑ +242% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $154.00 | ↑ +242% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $161.60 | ↑ +259% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $162.32 | ↑ +261% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $166.32 | ↑ +270% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $166.32 | ↑ +270% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $177.72 | ↑ +295% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $225.00 | ↑ +400% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $229.43 | ↑ +410% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $231.00 | ↑ +414% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $244.73 | ↑ +444% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $246.40 | ↑ +448% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $256.96 | ↑ +471% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $268.00 | ↑ +496% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $305.91 | ↑ +580% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $305.91 | ↑ +580% |
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Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $79.16 | $61.60 – $268.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $92.90 | $81.00 – $422.25 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $111.47 | $81.00 – $422.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $94.02 | $81.00 – $450.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $147.51 | $81.00 – $422.25 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $52.92 | $81.00 – $422.25 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $61.93 | $81.00 – $422.25 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $210.00 | $81.00 – $422.25 |