Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 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

$656.30

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.

$1,808.00

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.

$361.60 with Aetna vs $2,776.08 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $361.60 ↓ -45%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $391.62 ↓ -40%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $421.75 ↓ -36%
Aetna Joint Venture $431.39 ↓ -34%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $433.92 ↓ -34%
Aetna Designated Group $484.41 ↓ -26%
Aetna Broad Network $538.63 ↓ -18%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $542.25 ↓ -17%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $542.25 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $542.40 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medical Rental $635.03 ↓ -3%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $650.70 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial $692.88 ↑ +6%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $723.20 ↑ +10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $741.08 ↑ +13%
Provider Network of America Commercial $903.75 ↑ +38%
Health Net Medicare $904.00 ↑ +38%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $904.00 ↑ +38%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $904.00 ↑ +38%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $964.00 ↑ +47%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $976.32 ↑ +49%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,020.08 ↑ +55%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +55%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +55%
Health Net Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +55%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +55%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +163%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↑ +176%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↑ +176%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,899.57 ↑ +189%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,082.06 ↑ +217%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,220.86 ↑ +238%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $2,331.29 ↑ +255%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,331.91 ↑ +255%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,417.63 ↑ +268%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,776.08 ↑ +323%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,776.08 ↑ +323%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,776.08 ↑ +323%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $952.82 $361.60 – $2,331.29
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $735.05 $73.31 – $2,300.76
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $936.54 $361.60 – $2,331.29
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $618.34 $361.60 – $4,018.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $522.51 $361.60 – $1,899.57
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $500.82 $361.60 – $2,331.29
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $576.75 $361.60 – $1,899.57
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $640.03 $361.60 – $2,331.29

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