Culture typing glc/hplc at Banner University Medical Center Tucson
1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179
$8.89
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.
$38.00
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.
$12.52 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $48.90 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 | Medicare Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $12.52 | ↑ +41% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $13.15 | ↑ +48% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $13.15 | ↑ +48% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $13.30 | ↑ +50% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $13.77 | ↑ +55% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $13.77 | ↑ +55% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $16.90 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $17.03 | ↑ +92% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $17.10 | ↑ +92% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $17.10 | ↑ +92% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $17.53 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $18.45 | ↑ +108% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $18.53 | ↑ +108% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $18.78 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $20.03 | ↑ +125% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $20.52 | ↑ +131% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $20.66 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $24.42 | ↑ +175% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $28.17 | ↑ +217% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $28.50 | ↑ +221% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $30.40 | ↑ +242% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $34.35 | ↑ +286% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $36.68 | ↑ +313% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $38.65 | ↑ +335% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $39.12 | ↑ +340% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $41.08 | ↑ +362% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $42.94 | ↑ +383% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $48.90 | ↑ +450% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $48.90 | ↑ +450% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $48.90 | ↑ +450% |
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Culture typing glc/hplc at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $6.35 | $12.52 – $30.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $8.40 | $12.52 – $28.50 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $8.47 | $12.52 – $28.50 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $6.92 | $12.52 – $30.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $7.87 | $12.52 – $28.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $7.64 | $12.52 – $30.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $9.27 | $12.52 – $28.50 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $10.18 | $12.52 – $28.50 |