Team conf without pat by hc pro 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

$28.54

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.

$151.00

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.

$30.20 with Aetna vs $268.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.20 ↑ +6%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $36.24 ↑ +27%
Mercy Care Medicaid $39.11 ↑ +37%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $39.11 ↑ +37%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $39.11 ↑ +37%
Health Net Medicaid $39.11 ↑ +37%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $45.30 ↑ +59%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $52.85 ↑ +85%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $60.40 ↑ +112%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $67.95 ↑ +138%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $67.95 ↑ +138%
Aetna Joint Venture $69.76 ↑ +144%
Aetna Designated Group $74.14 ↑ +160%
Health Net Medicare $75.50 ↑ +165%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $75.50 ↑ +165%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $75.50 ↑ +165%
Aetna Medical Rental $79.58 ↑ +179%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $81.00 ↑ +184%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $81.54 ↑ +186%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $81.54 ↑ +186%
Aetna Broad Network $87.13 ↑ +205%
Provider Network of America Commercial $113.25 ↑ +297%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $120.80 ↑ +323%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $125.53 ↑ +340%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $178.23 ↑ +524%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $190.11 ↑ +566%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $199.61 ↑ +599%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $225.00 ↑ +688%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $237.63 ↑ +733%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $237.63 ↑ +733%
United Healthcare Commercial $268.00 ↑ +839%

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Team conf without pat by hc pro at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $40.62 $30.20 – $268.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $25.58 $31.00 – $241.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $30.69 $31.00 – $241.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $27.59 $31.00 – $241.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $25.89 $31.00 – $241.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $40.61 $31.00 – $241.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $57.81 $31.00 – $241.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $41.05 $27.59 – $241.00

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