Insert sq defib electrode 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

$5,004.68

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.

$13,787.00

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.

$3,243.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $42,902.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $3,243.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $3,921.00 ↓ -22%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $4,825.45 ↓ -4%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $5,910.62 ↑ +18%
Health Net Medicaid $5,910.62 ↑ +18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $5,910.62 ↑ +18%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $5,910.62 ↑ +18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $5,910.62 ↑ +18%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $6,204.15 ↑ +24%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $6,204.15 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medical Rental $7,265.75 ↑ +45%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $7,444.98 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $8,372.62 ↑ +67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Health Net Medicare $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $8,930.80 ↑ +78%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $9,261.75 ↑ +85%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $9,261.75 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $9,377.34 ↑ +87%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9,702.78 ↑ +94%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $9,702.78 ↑ +94%
Provider Network of America Commercial $10,340.25 ↑ +107%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $11,029.60 ↑ +120%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $11,163.50 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $11,163.50 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $11,163.50 ↑ +123%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $11,907.96 ↑ +138%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $11,996.17 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $12,348.99 ↑ +147%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $13,054.65 ↑ +161%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $13,231.07 ↑ +164%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $14,554.17 ↑ +191%
Aetna Joint Venture $15,134.00 ↑ +202%
Aetna Designated Group $17,026.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Broad Network $18,918.00 ↑ +278%
United Healthcare Commercial $42,902.00 ↑ +757%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Insert sq defib electrode at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $7,265.75 $3,243.00 – $14,554.17
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $4,294.93 $3,818.00 – $14,554.17
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