Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral additional (both sides) 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

$818.56

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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.

$2,255.00

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.

$300.60 with Aetna vs $4,649.00 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $300.60 ↓ -63%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $360.72 ↓ -56%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $450.90 ↓ -45%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $526.05 ↓ -36%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $545.55 ↓ -33%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $545.55 ↓ -33%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $545.55 ↓ -33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $545.55 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid $545.55 ↓ -33%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $601.20 ↓ -27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $676.35 ↓ -17%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $676.35 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare $751.50 ↓ -8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $751.50 ↓ -8%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $751.50 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medical Rental $792.08 ↓ -3%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $811.62 ↓ -1%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $811.62 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $884.88 ↑ +8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $924.35 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $943.87 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $991.06 ↑ +21%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,038.00 ↑ +27%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,127.25 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,179.83 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,179.83 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,179.83 ↑ +44%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,202.40 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,041.00 ↑ +149%
Aetna Joint Venture $3,719.00 ↑ +354%
Aetna Designated Group $4,184.00 ↑ +411%
Aetna Broad Network $4,649.00 ↑ +468%

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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral additional (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,188.38 $300.60 – $2,041.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $654.25 $255.00 – $4,018.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $677.20 $255.00 – $1,037.18
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $740.33 $255.00 – $4,018.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $541.38 $255.00 – $4,018.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $589.20 $72.99 – $4,018.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $61.15 – $770.62
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $61.15 – $650.44

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