Facial nerve function test 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

$157.85

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.

$451.00

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.

$113.95 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $547.63 with Oscar Health Plan — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $113.95 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $121.54 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $127.62 ↓ -19%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $146.57 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $151.93 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $151.93 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $151.93 ↓ -4%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $157.85 ↑ +0%
Aetna Joint Venture $161.46 ↑ +2%
Aetna Designated Group $181.30 ↑ +15%
Health Net Medicaid $191.73 ↑ +21%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $191.73 ↑ +21%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $191.73 ↑ +21%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $191.73 ↑ +21%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $191.73 ↑ +21%
Aetna Broad Network $201.60 ↑ +28%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $202.95 ↑ +29%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $202.95 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medical Rental $237.68 ↑ +51%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $243.54 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare Commercial $259.32 ↑ +64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $277.37 ↑ +76%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $331.90 ↑ +110%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $331.90 ↑ +110%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $331.90 ↑ +110%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $331.90 ↑ +110%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
Health Net Medicare $331.90 ↑ +110%
Humana Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $331.90 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↑ +110%
Provider Network of America Commercial $338.25 ↑ +114%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $348.50 ↑ +121%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $348.50 ↑ +121%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $360.80 ↑ +129%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $365.09 ↑ +131%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $365.09 ↑ +131%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $448.06 ↑ +184%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $451.38 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $464.66 ↑ +194%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $491.21 ↑ +211%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $497.85 ↑ +215%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $547.63 ↑ +247%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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