Electrolyte panel 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

$14.26

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.

$88.00

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.

$7.01 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $70.40 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 Medicare Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $7.01 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $7.01 ↓ -51%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $7.01 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $7.01 ↓ -51%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $7.01 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $7.01 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $7.01 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicare $7.01 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid $7.01 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $7.01 ↓ -51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $7.01 ↓ -51%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $7.01 ↓ -51%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $7.36 ↓ -48%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $7.36 ↓ -48%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $7.71 ↓ -46%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.71 ↓ -46%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $9.46 ↓ -34%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $9.53 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $9.81 ↓ -31%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $10.33 ↓ -28%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $10.37 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $10.52 ↓ -26%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $11.57 ↓ -19%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $13.68 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $15.78 ↑ +11%
Aetna Joint Venture $19.24 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $20.54 ↑ +44%
Aetna Designated Group $21.64 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $21.91 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $23.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna Broad Network $24.04 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $27.38 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $27.38 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $27.38 ↑ +92%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $30.80 ↑ +116%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $39.60 ↑ +178%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $39.60 ↑ +178%
Aetna Medical Rental $46.38 ↑ +225%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $47.52 ↑ +233%
Provider Network of America Commercial $66.00 ↑ +363%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $70.40 ↑ +394%

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Electrolyte panel at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $13.73 $7.01 – $70.40
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $136.29 $7.01 – $388.85
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $35.68 $7.01 – $138.75
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $28.32 $7.01 – $167.25
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $130.65 $7.01 – $156.10
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $33.67 $7.01 – $178.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $25.20 $7.01 – $167.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $34.34 $7.01 – $148.00

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