Myelography neck spine at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$366.52
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.
$1,190.00
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.
$159.69 with Aetna vs $3,620.61 with United Healthcare — 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 | Banner Employee Plans | $159.69 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $166.46 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $236.33 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $252.09 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $264.69 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $315.11 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $315.11 | ↓ -14% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $416.50 | ↑ +14% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↑ +41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $518.51 | ↑ +41% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↑ +41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $518.51 | ↑ +41% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↑ +41% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $535.50 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $535.50 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $549.78 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $584.29 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $627.13 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $642.60 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $686.63 | ↑ +87% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $731.85 | ↑ +100% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +130% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $867.32 | ↑ +137% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $884.16 | ↑ +141% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $884.16 | ↑ +141% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $892.50 | ↑ +144% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $926.27 | ↑ +153% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $926.27 | ↑ +153% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $952.00 | ↑ +160% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $1,136.78 | ↑ +210% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,145.20 | ↑ +212% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,178.88 | ↑ +222% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,246.25 | ↑ +240% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,263.09 | ↑ +245% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,389.40 | ↑ +279% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,620.61 | ↑ +888% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography neck spine at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $357.00 | $159.69 – $1,389.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $603.20 | $107.77 – $1,604.25 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $616.03 | $277.01 – $1,604.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $521.92 | $211.51 – $1,711.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $459.88 | $159.69 – $1,604.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $498.39 | $107.77 – $1,711.20 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $598.92 | $277.01 – $1,604.25 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $502.66 | $277.01 – $1,604.25 |