Palingen or palingen xplus at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$27.97
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.
$99.20
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.
$14.29 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $2,364.19 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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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $14.29 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $19.84 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $23.81 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $29.76 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $32.24 | ↑ +15% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $34.72 | ↑ +24% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $39.68 | ↑ +42% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $44.64 | ↑ +60% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $44.64 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $45.24 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $48.01 | ↑ +72% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $48.91 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $49.10 | ↑ +76% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $49.60 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $49.60 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $49.60 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $52.28 | ↑ +87% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $53.57 | ↑ +92% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $53.57 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $56.54 | ↑ +102% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $74.40 | ↑ +166% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $79.36 | ↑ +184% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,248.89 | ↑ +4365% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,773.14 | ↑ +6239% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,891.35 | ↑ +6662% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,985.92 | ↑ +7000% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,364.19 | ↑ +8353% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,364.19 | ↑ +8353% |
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Palingen or palingen xplus at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $29.16 | $14.29 – $1,773.14 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $6,652.34 | $447.03 – $4,305.07 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $64.75 | $32.62 – $808.57 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $63.32 | $24.19 – $2,078.33 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $42.63 | $24.97 – $1,586.95 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $60.53 | $24.19 – $808.57 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $73.52 | $14.29 – $2,078.33 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $62.03 | $24.19 – $2,078.33 |