Unlisted dialysis procedure at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$252.51
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.
$2,215.00
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.
$568.40 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $1,772.00 with Arizona Medical Network — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $568.40 | ↑ +125% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $573.68 | ↑ +127% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $573.68 | ↑ +127% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $573.68 | ↑ +127% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $573.68 | ↑ +127% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $664.50 | ↑ +163% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $681.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $719.88 | ↑ +185% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $775.25 | ↑ +207% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $807.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $860.80 | ↑ +241% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $886.00 | ↑ +251% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $903.84 | ↑ +258% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $996.75 | ↑ +295% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $996.75 | ↑ +295% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,023.33 | ↑ +305% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,076.00 | ↑ +326% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,076.00 | ↑ +326% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,087.57 | ↑ +331% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,107.50 | ↑ +339% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,107.50 | ↑ +339% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,107.50 | ↑ +339% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,167.31 | ↑ +362% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,196.10 | ↑ +374% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,196.10 | ↑ +374% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,278.06 | ↑ +406% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $1,362.22 | ↑ +439% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,661.25 | ↑ +558% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,772.00 | ↑ +602% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Unlisted dialysis procedure at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $890.43 | $540.46 – $1,772.00 |