Tissue culture tumor at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$104.55
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.
$443.00
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.
$147.52 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $653.29 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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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $147.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $151.95 | ↑ +45% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $154.90 | ↑ +48% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $154.90 | ↑ +48% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $155.05 | ↑ +48% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $162.27 | ↑ +55% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $162.27 | ↑ +55% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $199.15 | ↑ +90% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $199.35 | ↑ +91% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $199.35 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $200.63 | ↑ +92% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $206.53 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $217.44 | ↑ +108% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $218.33 | ↑ +109% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $221.28 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $233.46 | ↑ +123% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $239.22 | ↑ +129% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $243.41 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $287.67 | ↑ +175% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $331.92 | ↑ +217% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $332.25 | ↑ +218% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $345.10 | ↑ +230% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $354.40 | ↑ +239% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $489.97 | ↑ +369% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $495.37 | ↑ +374% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $522.63 | ↑ +400% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $526.35 | ↑ +403% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $548.77 | ↑ +425% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $619.29 | ↑ +492% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $653.29 | ↑ +525% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $653.29 | ↑ +525% |
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Tissue culture tumor at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $108.53 | $147.52 – $354.40 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $264.45 | $82.60 – $454.30 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $175.62 | $147.52 – $533.25 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $151.44 | $147.52 – $533.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $153.58 | $147.52 – $568.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $127.98 | $147.52 – $533.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $146.47 | $147.52 – $568.80 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $198.37 | $147.52 – $533.25 |