Ph body fluid at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$16.22
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.
$104.00
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.
$3.58 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $40.80 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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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $3.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $3.69 | ↓ -77% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $3.76 | ↓ -77% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $3.76 | ↓ -77% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $3.94 | ↓ -76% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $4.83 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $4.87 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $5.01 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $5.28 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $5.30 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $5.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $5.91 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $6.99 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $7.39 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $8.05 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $10.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $11.19 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $11.75 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $12.02 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $12.77 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $13.99 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $13.99 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $15.03 | ↓ -7% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $17.85 | ↑ +10% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $22.95 | ↑ +41% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $22.95 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $26.88 | ↑ +66% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $27.54 | ↑ +70% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $38.25 | ↑ +136% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $40.80 | ↑ +152% |
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Ph body fluid at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $16.85 | $3.58 – $40.80 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $33.95 | $2.01 – $11.03 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $16.64 | $3.58 – $38.25 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $13.21 | $3.58 – $38.25 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $29.88 | $3.58 – $35.70 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $15.70 | $3.58 – $40.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $11.75 | $3.58 – $38.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $16.02 | $3.58 – $40.80 |