Warde sugars single qualitative each specimen stool 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

$9.98

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.

$64.00

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.

$5.50 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $51.20 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.

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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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $5.50 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $5.50 ↓ -45%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $5.50 ↓ -45%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
Mercy Care Medicaid $5.50 ↓ -45%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.50 ↓ -45%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.50 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $5.50 ↓ -45%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $5.50 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicare $5.50 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid $5.50 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $5.50 ↓ -45%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $5.50 ↓ -45%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $5.50 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -43%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.78 ↓ -42%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $5.78 ↓ -42%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.05 ↓ -39%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $6.05 ↓ -39%
NaphCare Federal $7.42 ↓ -26%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $7.48 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $7.70 ↓ -23%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $8.11 ↓ -19%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $8.14 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $8.25 ↓ -17%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $9.07 ↓ -9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $10.74 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $11.37 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.38 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $16.14 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $17.22 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $18.08 ↑ +81%
Aetna Joint Venture $18.47 ↑ +85%
Aetna Designated Group $19.62 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $21.52 ↑ +116%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $21.52 ↑ +116%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $22.40 ↑ +124%
Aetna Broad Network $23.09 ↑ +131%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $28.80 ↑ +189%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $28.80 ↑ +189%
Aetna Medical Rental $33.73 ↑ +238%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $34.56 ↑ +246%
Provider Network of America Commercial $48.00 ↑ +381%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $51.20 ↑ +413%

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Warde sugars single qualitative each specimen stool at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $10.37 $5.50 – $51.20
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $5.42 $3.08 – $16.94
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $10.24 $5.50 – $48.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $8.13 $5.50 – $48.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $9.66 $5.50 – $51.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $7.23 $5.50 – $48.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $9.86 $5.50 – $51.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $9.60 $5.50 – $48.00

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