Strapping of elbow or wrist 29260 at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$61.80
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.
$327.00
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.
$40.35 with Mercy Care vs $385.42 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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| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $40.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $40.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $40.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $40.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $40.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $40.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $43.60 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $52.32 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $65.40 | ↑ +6% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $76.30 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $81.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $87.20 | ↑ +41% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $98.10 | ↑ +59% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $98.10 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $100.72 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $107.04 | ↑ +73% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $109.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $109.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $109.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $114.89 | ↑ +86% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $117.72 | ↑ +90% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $117.72 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $125.79 | ↑ +104% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $163.50 | ↑ +165% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $174.40 | ↑ +182% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $203.60 | ↑ +229% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $225.00 | ↑ +264% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $268.00 | ↑ +334% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $289.07 | ↑ +368% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $308.34 | ↑ +399% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $323.76 | ↑ +424% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $385.42 | ↑ +524% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $385.42 | ↑ +524% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Strapping of elbow or wrist 29260 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $87.96 | $40.35 – $289.07 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $170.23 | $40.35 – $338.82 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $17.50 | $40.35 – $243.90 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $260.71 | $18.38 – $287.85 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $19.67 – $63.31 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $19.67 – $65.21 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | not published | $19.67 – $65.21 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | not published | $19.67 – $67.11 |