Heterophile antibodies screening at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$2.18
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.
$16.00
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.
$5.18 with Wellpoint vs $21.75 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.18 | ↑ +138% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $5.34 | ↑ +145% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $5.44 | ↑ +150% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $5.44 | ↑ +150% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $5.60 | ↑ +157% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $5.70 | ↑ +161% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.70 | ↑ +161% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $6.99 | ↑ +221% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $7.04 | ↑ +223% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $7.20 | ↑ +230% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $7.20 | ↑ +230% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $7.25 | ↑ +233% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +250% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $7.67 | ↑ +252% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $7.77 | ↑ +256% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $8.43 | ↑ +287% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $8.55 | ↑ +292% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $8.64 | ↑ +296% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $10.11 | ↑ +364% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $10.71 | ↑ +391% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $11.65 | ↑ +434% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $12.00 | ↑ +450% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $12.80 | ↑ +487% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $15.21 | ↑ +598% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $16.23 | ↑ +644% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $17.04 | ↑ +682% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $17.39 | ↑ +698% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $18.48 | ↑ +748% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $20.28 | ↑ +830% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $20.28 | ↑ +830% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $21.75 | ↑ +898% |
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Heterophile antibodies screening at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $88.07 | $3.22 – $17.71 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $9.37 | $5.18 – $11.20 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $4.18 | $5.18 – $12.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $3.92 | $5.18 – $12.00 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $4.82 | $5.18 – $12.00 |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center | Chandler | $5.55 | $5.18 – $12.00 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $5.86 | $5.18 – $14.40 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $8.48 | $5.18 – $15.20 |