Insert abdomen-venous drain at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$3,320.10
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.
$6,300.00
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.
$715.30 with United Healthcare vs $11,163.50 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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| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $715.30 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,260.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,512.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $1,631.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $1,631.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,631.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,631.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,631.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,631.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,890.00 | ↓ -43% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $2,205.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2,479.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $2,520.00 | ↓ -24% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,835.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,835.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $3,150.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $3,150.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $3,150.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $3,243.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $3,320.10 | ↑ +0% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $3,402.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $3,402.00 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,466.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $4,725.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $5,040.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $5,186.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $5,511.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $5,897.15 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $6,483.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $8,372.62 | ↑ +152% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $8,930.80 | ↑ +169% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $9,377.34 | ↑ +182% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $11,163.50 | ↑ +236% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $11,163.50 | ↑ +236% |
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Insert abdomen-venous drain at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $2,286.90 | $715.30 – $8,372.62 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $2,875.81 | $715.30 – $6,024.75 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $818.23 – $7,291.55 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $818.23 – $6,154.45 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | not published | $818.23 – $7,121.40 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | not published | $818.23 – $859.15 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $818.23 – $6,154.45 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | not published | $744.53 – $763.15 |