CT t-spine w /wo contrast 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

$435.50

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.

$3,350.00

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.

$129.45 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $2,680.00 with Arizona Medical Network — 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 $129.45 ↓ -70%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $129.45 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid $129.45 ↓ -70%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $129.45 ↓ -70%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $129.45 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicare $189.74 ↓ -56%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $189.74 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $189.74 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $189.74 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $189.74 ↓ -56%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $189.74 ↓ -56%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $189.74 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $199.23 ↓ -54%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $199.23 ↓ -54%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $208.71 ↓ -52%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $208.71 ↓ -52%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $256.15 ↓ -41%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $258.05 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $265.64 ↓ -39%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $280.82 ↓ -36%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $284.61 ↓ -35%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $285.39 ↓ -34%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $313.07 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $657.02 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $700.82 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $735.86 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $876.03 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $876.03 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $876.03 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Commercial $903.91 ↑ +108%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $908.00 ↑ +108%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $1,172.50 ↑ +169%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,199.30 ↑ +175%
Aetna Designated Group $1,346.70 ↑ +209%
Aetna Broad Network $1,497.45 ↑ +244%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,507.50 ↑ +246%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,507.50 ↑ +246%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,765.45 ↑ +305%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,809.00 ↑ +315%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,512.50 ↑ +477%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,680.00 ↑ +515%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $425.45 $129.45 – $2,680.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,701.83 $189.74 – $5,326.86
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $655.20 $129.45 – $2,960.25
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $619.68 $129.45 – $2,960.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $627.57 $129.45 – $3,157.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $651.26 $129.45 – $2,960.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $690.72 $129.45 – $3,157.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $769.67 $129.45 – $2,960.25

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