Cont intraop neuro monitor 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

$136.09

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.

$222.00

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.

$31.99 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $496.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $31.99 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $44.40 ↓ -67%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $53.28 ↓ -61%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $66.60 ↓ -51%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $72.15 ↓ -47%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $77.70 ↓ -43%
Aetna Joint Venture $79.48 ↓ -42%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $88.80 ↓ -35%
Aetna Designated Group $89.24 ↓ -34%
Aetna Broad Network $99.23 ↓ -27%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $99.90 ↓ -27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $99.90 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $111.00 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicare $111.00 ↓ -18%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $111.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medical Rental $116.99 ↓ -14%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $119.88 ↓ -12%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $119.88 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $127.47 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $135.96 ↓ -0%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $136.53 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $142.76 ↑ +5%
Provider Network of America Commercial $166.50 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $169.95 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $169.95 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $169.95 ↑ +25%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $177.60 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Commercial $496.00 ↑ +264%

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