MRI breast without cont bi 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

$358.34

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.

$2,268.00

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.

$166.84 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $1,814.40 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.

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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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $166.84 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $166.84 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -53%
Mercy Care Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -53%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $257.63 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $257.63 ↓ -28%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $257.63 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $257.63 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare $257.63 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $257.63 ↓ -28%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $265.36 ↓ -26%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↓ -25%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↓ -25%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $283.39 ↓ -21%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↓ -21%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $317.59 ↓ -11%
NaphCare Federal $347.80 ↓ -3%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $350.38 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $360.68 ↑ +1%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $381.29 ↑ +6%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $386.44 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $419.25 ↑ +17%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $425.09 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $595.24 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $634.93 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $666.67 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $793.66 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $793.66 ↑ +121%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $793.80 ↑ +122%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,020.60 ↑ +185%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,020.60 ↑ +185%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,047.82 ↑ +192%
Aetna Designated Group $1,113.59 ↑ +211%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,165.03 ↑ +225%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,195.24 ↑ +234%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,224.72 ↑ +242%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $1,269.00 ↑ +254%
Aetna Broad Network $1,308.64 ↑ +265%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,701.00 ↑ +375%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,814.40 ↑ +406%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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MRI breast without cont bi at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $419.58 $166.84 – $1,814.40
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,255.34 $236.38 – $3,929.31
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $559.87 $166.84 – $2,187.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $516.13 $166.84 – $2,187.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $428.65 $166.84 – $2,332.80
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $431.57 $166.84 – $2,332.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $705.67 $166.84 – $2,187.00
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $539.46 $166.84 – $2,187.00

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