Insert sq defib electrode at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$7,265.75
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.
$13,787.00
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.
$3,243.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $42,902.00 with United Healthcare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $3,243.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $3,921.00 | ↓ -46% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $4,825.45 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $5,897.15 | ↓ -19% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $5,910.62 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $5,910.62 | ↓ -19% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $5,910.62 | ↓ -19% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $5,910.62 | ↓ -19% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $5,910.62 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $5,910.62 | ↓ -19% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $6,204.15 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $6,204.15 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $7,265.75 | ↑ +0% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $7,444.98 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $8,372.62 | ↑ +15% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $8,930.80 | ↑ +23% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $9,085.33 | ↑ +25% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $9,261.75 | ↑ +27% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $9,261.75 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $9,377.34 | ↑ +29% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $9,702.78 | ↑ +34% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $9,702.78 | ↑ +34% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $10,340.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $11,029.60 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $11,163.50 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $11,163.50 | ↑ +54% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $11,907.96 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $11,996.17 | ↑ +65% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $12,348.99 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $13,054.65 | ↑ +80% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $13,231.07 | ↑ +82% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $14,554.17 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $17,328.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $18,411.00 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $21,660.00 | ↑ +198% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $42,902.00 | ↑ +490% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Insert sq defib electrode at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $5,004.68 | $3,243.00 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $4,294.93 | $3,818.00 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $4,102.97 | $4,018.00 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $4,246.94 | $4,018.00 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $4,642.84 | $4,018.00 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $3,395.15 | $4,018.00 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $3,695.08 | $72.99 – $14,554.17 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $13,478.11 | $467.41 – $27,873.57 |