Methylphenidate at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$10.45
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.
$67.00
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.
$13.40 with Aetna vs $61.98 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $13.40 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $16.08 | ↑ +54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $17.35 | ↑ +66% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $17.35 | ↑ +66% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $17.35 | ↑ +66% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $17.35 | ↑ +66% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $17.35 | ↑ +66% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $17.35 | ↑ +66% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $20.10 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $21.77 | ↑ +108% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $23.45 | ↑ +124% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $26.80 | ↑ +156% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $30.15 | ↑ +189% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $30.15 | ↑ +189% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $30.95 | ↑ +196% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $32.74 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $32.90 | ↑ +215% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $33.50 | ↑ +221% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $33.50 | ↑ +221% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $33.50 | ↑ +221% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $35.31 | ↑ +238% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $36.18 | ↑ +246% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $36.18 | ↑ +246% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $38.66 | ↑ +270% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $41.20 | ↑ +294% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $46.48 | ↑ +345% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $49.58 | ↑ +374% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $50.25 | ↑ +381% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $52.06 | ↑ +398% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $53.60 | ↑ +413% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $61.98 | ↑ +493% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $61.98 | ↑ +493% |
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Methylphenidate at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $10.85 | $13.40 – $53.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $10.72 | $13.40 – $50.25 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $8.51 | $13.40 – $54.48 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $10.12 | $13.40 – $53.60 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $7.57 | $13.40 – $50.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $10.32 | $13.40 – $53.60 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $10.05 | $13.40 – $54.48 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $11.59 | $13.40 – $54.48 |