Revision tips at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$4,812.04
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.
$9,131.00
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.
$3,195.85 with University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) vs $13,352.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $3,195.85 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $3,243.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $3,593.71 | ↓ -25% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $3,593.71 | ↓ -25% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $3,593.71 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $3,593.71 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $3,593.71 | ↓ -25% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $3,593.71 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $4,108.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $4,108.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $4,812.04 | ↑ +0% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $4,930.74 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $5,897.15 | ↑ +23% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +26% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $6,259.09 | ↑ +30% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $6,380.63 | ↑ +33% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $6,380.63 | ↑ +33% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $6,684.47 | ↑ +39% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,684.47 | ↑ +39% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $6,848.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $7,304.80 | ↑ +52% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $8,203.67 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $8,264.43 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $8,372.62 | ↑ +74% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $8,507.51 | ↑ +77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $8,930.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $8,993.65 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $9,109.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $9,115.18 | ↑ +89% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $9,227.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $9,377.34 | ↑ +95% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $10,026.70 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $10,682.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $11,163.50 | ↑ +132% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $11,163.50 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $11,349.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $13,352.00 | ↑ +177% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Revision tips at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $3,314.55 | $3,195.85 – $10,026.70 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $3,788.36 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $3,619.04 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $3,058.20 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $2,931.21 | $2,884.00 – $9,115.18 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $3,375.66 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $3,746.03 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $4,095.23 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |