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Colonoscopy (with polyp removal) at Banner University Medical Center Tucson
1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179
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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.
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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.
$751.80 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $3,717.58 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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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $751.80 | — |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $751.80 | — |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $751.80 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $751.80 | — |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $751.80 | — |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,039.00 | — |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,169.00 | — |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,299.00 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,788.18 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,974.06 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $3,122.77 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $3,717.58 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $3,717.58 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $3,717.58 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Colonoscopy (with polyp removal) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | not published | $751.80 – $1,963.82 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $312.74 | $225.23 – $630.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | not published | $751.80 – $1,271.44 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | not published | $751.80 – $3,268.08 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | not published | $751.80 – $2,495.41 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | not published | $751.80 – $1,913.86 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | not published | $751.80 – $1,271.44 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | not published | $751.80 – $3,268.08 |