Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$55.20
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.
$184.00
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.
$29.00 with Banner University Health Plan vs $1,910.00 with Humana — 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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| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $29.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $29.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $29.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $29.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $29.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $29.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $49.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $50.66 | ↓ -8% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $51.64 | ↓ -6% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $51.64 | ↓ -6% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $54.10 | ↓ -2% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $54.10 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $58.57 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $59.80 | ↑ +8% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $64.40 | ↑ +17% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $66.39 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $66.88 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $68.85 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $72.79 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $73.77 | ↑ +34% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $81.15 | ↑ +47% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $82.80 | ↑ +50% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $82.80 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $83.16 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $85.01 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $88.71 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $90.34 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $93.14 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $96.97 | ↑ +76% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $99.36 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $106.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $110.88 | ↑ +101% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $110.88 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $113.16 | ↑ +105% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $138.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $147.20 | ↑ +167% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $689.00 | ↑ +1148% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,910.00 | ↑ +3360% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $52.62 | $29.00 – $147.20 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $225.83 | $12.87 – $339.57 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $72.01 | $29.00 – $141.75 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $62.94 | $29.00 – $141.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $41.39 | $29.00 – $151.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $51.03 | $29.00 – $141.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $45.93 | $29.00 – $151.20 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $64.64 | $29.00 – $141.75 |