Ins mark thor for right perq 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

$802.96

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.

$2,212.00

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.

$718.90 with Aetna vs $2,776.08 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.

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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 Banner Employee Plans $718.90 ↓ -10%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $774.20 ↓ -4%
Aetna Joint Venture $791.90 ↓ -1%
Aetna Designated Group $889.22 ↑ +11%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $915.08 ↑ +14%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +14%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +14%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +14%
Aetna Broad Network $988.76 ↑ +23%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $995.40 ↑ +24%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $995.40 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,165.72 ↑ +45%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,194.48 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,271.90 ↑ +58%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $1,360.38 ↑ +69%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicare $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +82%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,531.24 ↑ +91%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,531.24 ↑ +91%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,604.15 ↑ +100%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,604.15 ↑ +100%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,659.00 ↑ +107%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,769.60 ↑ +120%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $1,968.73 ↑ +145%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,983.32 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,041.65 ↑ +154%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,082.06 ↑ +159%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,158.31 ↑ +169%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,187.48 ↑ +172%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,220.86 ↑ +177%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,331.91 ↑ +190%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,406.23 ↑ +200%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,776.08 ↑ +246%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,776.08 ↑ +246%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,776.08 ↑ +246%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ins mark thor for right perq at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $397.74 $499.95 – $2,406.23
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $393.29 $388.85 – $2,406.23
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