Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$1.17
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.
$9.00
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.
$2.70 with Wellpoint vs $11.33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $2.78 | ↑ +138% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $2.83 | ↑ +142% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $2.83 | ↑ +142% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $2.97 | ↑ +154% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.97 | ↑ +154% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $3.15 | ↑ +169% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $3.65 | ↑ +212% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $3.67 | ↑ +214% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $3.78 | ↑ +223% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $3.98 | ↑ +240% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $4.00 | ↑ +242% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $4.05 | ↑ +246% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $4.05 | ↑ +246% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $4.05 | ↑ +246% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $4.46 | ↑ +281% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $4.74 | ↑ +305% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $4.86 | ↑ +315% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $5.28 | ↑ +351% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $5.57 | ↑ +376% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $6.08 | ↑ +420% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $6.75 | ↑ +477% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $7.20 | ↑ +515% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $7.91 | ↑ +576% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $8.44 | ↑ +621% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $8.86 | ↑ +657% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $9.07 | ↑ +675% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $9.63 | ↑ +723% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $10.54 | ↑ +801% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $10.54 | ↑ +801% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $11.33 | ↑ +868% |
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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $53.14 | $2.70 – $166.32 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $4.05 | $2.70 – $6.75 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $5.27 | $2.70 – $6.30 |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center | Chandler | $2.49 | $2.70 – $6.75 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $4.45 | $2.70 – $8.10 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $4.93 | $2.70 – $8.55 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $36.64 | $1.62 – $130.72 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $71.44 | $1.13 – $147.73 |