Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$0.17
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.
$1.70
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.
$0.26 with Wellpoint vs $1.36 with Arizona Medical Network — 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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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $0.26 | ↑ +53% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $0.27 | ↑ +59% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $0.27 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $0.27 | ↑ +59% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $0.29 | ↑ +71% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $0.29 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $0.35 | ↑ +106% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $0.35 | ↑ +106% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $0.36 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $0.37 | ↑ +118% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $0.38 | ↑ +124% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $0.39 | ↑ +129% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $0.43 | ↑ +153% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $0.43 | ↑ +153% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $0.52 | ↑ +206% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $0.54 | ↑ +218% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $0.54 | ↑ +218% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $0.54 | ↑ +218% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $0.55 | ↑ +224% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $0.56 | ↑ +229% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $0.59 | ↑ +247% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $0.60 | ↑ +253% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $0.70 | ↑ +312% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $0.70 | ↑ +312% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $0.77 | ↑ +353% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $0.77 | ↑ +353% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $0.90 | ↑ +429% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $0.92 | ↑ +441% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $0.98 | ↑ +476% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1.27 | ↑ +647% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1.36 | ↑ +700% |
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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $61.01 | $1.03 – $5.66 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $56.80 | $0.44 – $44.94 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $147.07 | $4.94 – $20.54 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $124.66 | $51.85 – $59.17 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $61.26 | $0.44 – $44.94 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $66.47 | $1.03 – $6.17 |