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Transcath mv repair addl prosthesis 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

$4,415.21

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.

$8,378.00

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.

$808.00 with Aetna vs $10,821.87 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.

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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 Banner Employee Plans $808.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,675.60 ↓ -62%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,010.72 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,041.00 ↓ -54%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $2,169.90 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Medicaid $2,169.90 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid $2,169.90 ↓ -51%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $2,169.90 ↓ -51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2,169.90 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $2,169.90 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2,513.40 ↓ -43%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $2,932.30 ↓ -34%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $3,351.20 ↓ -24%
Aetna Joint Venture $3,617.00 ↓ -18%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $3,770.10 ↓ -15%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $3,770.10 ↓ -15%
Aetna Designated Group $3,843.00 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicare $4,189.00 ↓ -5%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $4,189.00 ↓ -5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $4,189.00 ↓ -5%
Aetna Medical Rental $4,415.21 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $4,521.00 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $4,524.12 ↑ +2%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $4,524.12 ↑ +2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $5,152.47 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $5,716.68 ↑ +29%
Provider Network of America Commercial $6,283.50 ↑ +42%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $6,702.40 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $8,116.40 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $8,657.50 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $9,090.37 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $10,821.87 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $10,821.87 ↑ +145%

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Transcath mv repair addl prosthesis at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $3,041.21 $808.00 – $8,116.40
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $3,544.56 $936.00 – $7,425.75
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $3,386.14 $936.00 – $9,513.39
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $2,861.39 $936.00 – $7,920.80
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $2,801.98 $936.00 – $7,977.61
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $3,049.51 $72.99 – $7,425.75

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