Injection epidural blood patch or clot 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

$612.90

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.

$1,163.00

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.

$407.05 with University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) vs $2,033.00 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
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $407.05 ↓ -34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $460.08 ↓ -25%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $460.08 ↓ -25%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $460.08 ↓ -25%
Mercy Care Medicaid $460.08 ↓ -25%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $460.08 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid $460.08 ↓ -25%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $523.35 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $523.35 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medical Rental $612.90 ↑ +0%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $628.02 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $685.23 ↑ +12%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $738.10 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $738.10 ↑ +20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $738.10 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $738.10 ↑ +20%
Health Net Medicare $738.10 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $738.10 ↑ +20%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $738.10 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $760.24 ↑ +24%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $775.00 ↑ +26%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $775.00 ↑ +26%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $811.91 ↑ +32%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $811.91 ↑ +32%
Provider Network of America Commercial $872.25 ↑ +42%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $876.00 ↑ +43%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $930.40 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $972.88 ↑ +59%
NaphCare Federal $996.43 ↑ +63%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,003.82 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,033.34 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,037.74 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,089.62 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,092.39 ↑ +78%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,107.15 ↑ +81%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,217.87 ↑ +99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,297.17 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,297.17 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,458.00 ↑ +138%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,626.00 ↑ +165%
Aetna Designated Group $1,728.00 ↑ +182%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $1,765.00 ↑ +188%
Humana Commercial $1,910.00 ↑ +212%
Aetna Broad Network $2,033.00 ↑ +232%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Injection epidural blood patch or clot at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $422.17 $407.05 – $1,217.87
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $467.90 $118.37 – $1,464.54
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $736.60 $443.64 – $1,217.87
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $486.32 $460.08 – $2,083.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $410.96 $460.08 – $1,217.87
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $393.89 $460.08 – $1,107.15
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $453.62 $443.64 – $1,217.87
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $503.39 $460.08 – $1,217.87

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