Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at Banner University Medical Center Tucson
1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179
$8.26
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.
$51.00
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.
$16.77 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $65.58 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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| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $16.77 | ↑ +103% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $17.61 | ↑ +113% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $17.61 | ↑ +113% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $17.85 | ↑ +116% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $18.45 | ↑ +123% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $18.45 | ↑ +123% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $22.64 | ↑ +174% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $22.81 | ↑ +176% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $22.95 | ↑ +178% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $22.95 | ↑ +178% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $23.48 | ↑ +184% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $24.72 | ↑ +199% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $24.82 | ↑ +200% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $25.16 | ↑ +205% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $26.88 | ↑ +225% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $27.54 | ↑ +233% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $27.67 | ↑ +235% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $32.70 | ↑ +296% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $37.74 | ↑ +357% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $38.25 | ↑ +363% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $40.80 | ↑ +394% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $46.02 | ↑ +457% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $49.19 | ↑ +496% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $51.77 | ↑ +527% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $52.47 | ↑ +535% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $55.09 | ↑ +567% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $57.52 | ↑ +596% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $65.58 | ↑ +694% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $65.58 | ↑ +694% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $65.58 | ↑ +694% |
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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $7.96 | $16.77 – $40.80 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $150.80 | $9.40 – $51.66 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $8.16 | $16.77 – $38.25 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $6.48 | $16.77 – $38.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $7.70 | $16.77 – $40.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $5.76 | $16.77 – $38.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $7.85 | $16.77 – $40.80 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $7.65 | $16.77 – $38.25 |