M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$77.84
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.
$277.00
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.
$55.40 with Aetna vs $471.69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $55.40 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $66.48 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $71.74 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $71.74 | ↓ -8% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $71.74 | ↓ -8% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $71.74 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $83.10 | ↑ +7% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $96.95 | ↑ +25% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $110.80 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $121.50 | ↑ +56% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $124.65 | ↑ +60% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $124.65 | ↑ +60% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $138.50 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $138.50 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $138.50 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $145.98 | ↑ +88% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $149.58 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $149.58 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $165.62 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $172.50 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $184.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $184.80 | ↑ +137% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $193.14 | ↑ +148% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $193.20 | ↑ +148% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $207.75 | ↑ +167% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $221.60 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $230.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $230.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $377.30 | ↑ +385% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $400.90 | ↑ +415% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $471.69 | ↑ +506% |
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M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $73.40 | $55.40 – $221.60 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $83.89 | $47.74 – $341.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $103.69 | $74.60 – $279.75 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $82.06 | $74.60 – $279.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $81.69 | $74.60 – $298.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $85.42 | $74.60 – $279.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $83.92 | $74.60 – $298.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $97.73 | $74.60 – $279.75 |