Crystal identification light microscopy at Banner University Medical Center Tucson
1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179
$12.71
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.
$62.00
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.
$7.33 with Gila River Health Care Corporation vs $66.17 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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| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $7.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $7.70 | ↓ -39% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $7.70 | ↓ -39% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.06 | ↓ -37% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $8.06 | ↓ -37% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $9.90 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $9.97 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $10.26 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $10.80 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $10.85 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $10.99 | ↓ -14% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $12.09 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $14.28 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $16.50 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $20.11 | ↑ +58% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $21.70 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $22.63 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $25.14 | ↑ +98% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $27.90 | ↑ +120% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $27.90 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $32.67 | ↑ +157% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $33.48 | ↑ +163% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $46.50 | ↑ +266% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $49.60 | ↑ +290% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $49.63 | ↑ +290% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $52.94 | ↑ +317% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $55.59 | ↑ +337% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $66.17 | ↑ +421% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $66.17 | ↑ +421% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $66.17 | ↑ +421% |
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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $10.97 | $7.33 – $49.60 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $7.14 | $4.06 – $22.33 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $12.38 | $7.33 – $54.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $41.83 | $7.33 – $54.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $11.59 | $7.33 – $57.60 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $20.66 | $7.33 – $54.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $14.04 | $7.33 – $57.60 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $14.33 | $7.33 – $54.00 |