Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus 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

$45.93

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.

$275.00

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.

$42.84 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $217.67 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.

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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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $42.84 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $42.84 ↓ -7%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $42.84 ↓ -7%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
Mercy Care Medicaid $42.84 ↓ -7%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $42.84 ↓ -7%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $42.84 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $42.84 ↓ -7%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $42.84 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicare $42.84 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicaid $42.84 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $42.84 ↓ -7%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $42.84 ↓ -7%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare Advantage $44.13 ↓ -4%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $44.98 ↓ -2%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $44.98 ↓ -2%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $45.15 ↓ -2%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $47.12 ↑ +3%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $47.12 ↑ +3%
NaphCare Federal $57.83 ↑ +26%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $58.05 ↑ +26%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $58.05 ↑ +26%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $58.26 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $59.98 ↑ +31%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $63.15 ↑ +37%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $63.40 ↑ +38%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $64.26 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medical Rental $67.98 ↑ +48%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $69.66 ↑ +52%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $70.69 ↑ +54%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $83.55 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Commercial $96.39 ↑ +110%
Provider Network of America Commercial $96.75 ↑ +111%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $103.20 ↑ +125%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $114.99 ↑ +150%
Aetna Joint Venture $143.86 ↑ +213%
Aetna Designated Group $152.85 ↑ +233%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $163.26 ↑ +255%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $174.14 ↑ +279%
Aetna Broad Network $179.84 ↑ +292%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $182.85 ↑ +298%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $217.67 ↑ +374%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $217.67 ↑ +374%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $70.20 $42.84 – $103.20
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $200.74 $19.32 – $106.26
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $60.77 $42.84 – $96.75
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $61.33 $42.84 – $96.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $50.05 $42.84 – $103.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $56.92 $42.84 – $96.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $55.28 $42.84 – $103.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $67.10 $42.84 – $96.75

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