Insert cath pleura without image at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$1,408.14
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.
$2,672.00
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.
$356.20 with Aetna vs $6,483.00 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.
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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $356.20 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $427.44 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $534.30 | ↓ -62% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $623.35 | ↓ -56% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $712.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $801.45 | ↓ -43% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $801.45 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $890.50 | ↓ -37% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $890.50 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $890.50 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $938.59 | ↓ -33% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $961.74 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $961.74 | ↓ -32% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,178.14 | ↓ -16% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $1,178.14 | ↓ -16% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,178.14 | ↓ -16% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $1,178.14 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,178.14 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,178.14 | ↓ -16% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,335.75 | ↓ -5% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,424.80 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,466.47 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $1,765.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,082.06 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,220.86 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,331.91 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2,479.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,776.08 | ↑ +97% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,776.08 | ↑ +97% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,466.00 | ↑ +217% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $5,186.00 | ↑ +268% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $5,511.00 | ↑ +291% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $6,483.00 | ↑ +360% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Insert cath pleura without image at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $969.94 | $356.20 – $4,466.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $926.50 | $345.00 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $885.10 | $345.00 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $747.93 | $345.00 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $794.52 | $345.00 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $732.40 | $345.00 – $4,640.00 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $3,007.49 | $128.38 – $6,219.67 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $2,826.28 | $128.38 – $272.42 |