Pul art balloon repr percut 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

$1,929.56

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.

$16,492.00

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.

$5,772.20 with University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) vs $21,643.74 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.

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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
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $5,772.20 ↑ +199%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $7,281.13 ↑ +277%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $7,281.13 ↑ +277%
Health Net Medicaid $7,281.13 ↑ +277%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $7,281.13 ↑ +277%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $7,281.13 ↑ +277%
Mercy Care Medicaid $7,281.13 ↑ +277%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $7,421.40 ↑ +285%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $7,421.40 ↑ +285%
Aetna Medical Rental $8,691.28 ↑ +350%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $8,905.68 ↑ +362%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $9,469.00 ↑ +391%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,482.90 ↑ +391%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $10,142.58 ↑ +426%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $11,433.37 ↑ +493%
Aetna Joint Venture $11,883.00 ↑ +516%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Health Net Medicare $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +526%
Provider Network of America Commercial $12,369.00 ↑ +541%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12,449.62 ↑ +545%
Aetna Designated Group $12,626.00 ↑ +554%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $12,691.36 ↑ +558%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12,691.36 ↑ +558%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $13,193.60 ↑ +584%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $13,295.71 ↑ +589%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13,295.71 ↑ +589%
Aetna Broad Network $14,854.00 ↑ +670%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $16,232.81 ↑ +741%
NaphCare Federal $16,317.46 ↑ +746%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $16,438.33 ↑ +752%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $16,921.81 ↑ +777%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $17,314.99 ↑ +797%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $17,888.77 ↑ +827%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $18,130.51 ↑ +840%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $18,180.74 ↑ +842%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $19,943.57 ↑ +934%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $21,643.74 ↑ +1022%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $21,643.74 ↑ +1022%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pul art balloon repr percut at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $4,337.40 $5,772.20 – $19,943.57
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $3,050.72 $4,685.40 – $19,943.57
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $3,352.66 $3,644.20 – $19,943.57
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $3,425.55 $3,644.20 – $19,943.57
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $3,588.60 $3,644.20 – $19,943.57
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $2,977.83 $72.99 – $19,943.57
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $12,835.97 $646.57 – $26,545.58

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