Biopsy/soft tissue/neck or thorax 21550 at Banner University Medical Center Tucson
1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179
$843.98
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.
$2,325.00
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.
$813.75 with University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) vs $4,649.00 with Aetna — 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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| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $813.75 | ↓ -4% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +21% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +21% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,020.08 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,038.00 | ↑ +23% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,046.25 | ↑ +24% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,046.25 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,225.28 | ↑ +45% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,255.50 | ↑ +49% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $1,726.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,743.75 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $1,765.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $1,813.22 | ↑ +115% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $1,813.22 | ↑ +115% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,860.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $1,899.57 | ↑ +125% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,899.57 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,082.06 | ↑ +147% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,220.86 | ↑ +163% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $2,331.29 | ↑ +176% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,331.91 | ↑ +176% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $2,348.56 | ↑ +178% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $2,417.63 | ↑ +186% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $2,555.78 | ↑ +203% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $2,590.32 | ↑ +207% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $2,776.08 | ↑ +229% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,776.08 | ↑ +229% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,776.08 | ↑ +229% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $2,849.35 | ↑ +238% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $3,719.00 | ↑ +341% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,184.00 | ↑ +396% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,466.00 | ↑ +429% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $4,649.00 | ↑ +451% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy/soft tissue/neck or thorax 21550 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | not published | $1,020.08 – $1,466.47 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $795.15 | $813.75 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $671.92 | $813.75 – $2,849.35 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $741.68 | $813.75 – $2,849.35 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $713.78 | $813.75 – $2,849.35 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $657.97 | $813.75 – $2,849.35 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $1,197.69 | $1,020.08 – $2,241.00 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $716.10 | $72.99 – $2,849.35 |