Biospy of bladder at Banner University Medical Center Tucson

1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$713.66

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.

$1,966.00

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.

$192.95 with Arizona Physicians IPA 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.

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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 Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -73%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -73%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -73%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $192.95 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicare $259.22 ↓ -64%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $259.22 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $259.22 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $259.22 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $259.22 ↓ -64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $259.22 ↓ -64%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $272.18 ↓ -62%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $272.18 ↓ -62%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $285.14 ↓ -60%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $285.14 ↓ -60%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $349.95 ↓ -51%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $352.54 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $362.91 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $383.65 ↓ -46%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $388.83 ↓ -46%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $427.71 ↓ -40%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $688.10 ↓ -4%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $884.70 ↑ +24%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $884.70 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,036.08 ↑ +45%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,038.00 ↑ +45%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,061.64 ↑ +49%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,474.50 ↑ +107%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,572.80 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,041.00 ↑ +186%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,082.06 ↑ +192%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,220.86 ↑ +211%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,331.91 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,776.08 ↑ +289%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,776.08 ↑ +289%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,776.08 ↑ +289%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $3,243.00 ↑ +354%
Aetna Joint Venture $3,719.00 ↑ +421%
Aetna Designated Group $4,184.00 ↑ +486%
Aetna Broad Network $4,649.00 ↑ +551%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Biospy of bladder at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson not published $192.95 – $1,466.47
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,966.14 $192.95 – $1,055.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $460.38 $192.95 – $1,274.40
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $1,751.95 $192.95 – $4,393.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $657.02 $192.95 – $462.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $2,176.02 $192.95 – $4,119.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $1,151.30 $72.99 – $2,803.50
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $269.31 $133.95 – $556.95

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