Insert swan-ganz cath 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

$468.94

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.

$4,008.00

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.

$1,019.45 with Banner University Health Plan vs $14,854.00 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
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $1,019.45 ↑ +117%
Mercy Care Medicaid $1,019.45 ↑ +117%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,019.45 ↑ +117%
Health Net Medicaid $1,019.45 ↑ +117%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,019.45 ↑ +117%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,019.45 ↑ +117%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $1,402.80 ↑ +199%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Health Net Medicare $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +253%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,705.36 ↑ +264%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,738.47 ↑ +271%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,738.47 ↑ +271%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,803.60 ↑ +285%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,803.60 ↑ +285%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1,821.26 ↑ +288%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,821.26 ↑ +288%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,112.22 ↑ +350%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,164.32 ↑ +362%
NaphCare Federal $2,235.18 ↑ +377%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,251.74 ↑ +380%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,304.60 ↑ +391%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,317.97 ↑ +394%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,450.42 ↑ +423%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $2,464.92 ↑ +426%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,483.53 ↑ +430%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,731.89 ↑ +483%
Provider Network of America Commercial $3,006.00 ↑ +541%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,206.40 ↑ +584%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $4,735.00 ↑ +910%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $6,883.32 ↑ +1368%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $9,772.77 ↑ +1984%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $10,424.29 ↑ +2123%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $10,945.50 ↑ +2234%
Aetna Joint Venture $11,883.00 ↑ +2434%
Aetna Designated Group $12,626.00 ↑ +2592%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $13,030.36 ↑ +2679%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $13,030.36 ↑ +2679%
Aetna Broad Network $14,854.00 ↑ +3068%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,054.10 $1,019.45 – $3,206.40
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,021.15 $90.48 – $3,196.27
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