Interphalangeal joint spacer 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

$4,085.13

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.

$13,895.00

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.

$236.14 with Banner University Health Plan vs $1,851.31 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $236.14 ↓ -94%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $236.14 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid $236.14 ↓ -94%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $236.14 ↓ -94%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $236.14 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $282.60 ↓ -93%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $339.12 ↓ -92%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $423.90 ↓ -90%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $459.23 ↓ -89%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $494.55 ↓ -88%
Aetna Joint Venture $498.79 ↓ -88%
Aetna Designated Group $562.37 ↓ -86%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $565.20 ↓ -86%
Aetna Broad Network $624.55 ↓ -85%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $635.85 ↓ -84%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $635.85 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial $696.61 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $699.43 ↓ -83%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $706.50 ↓ -83%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.50 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare $706.50 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medical Rental $744.65 ↓ -82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $763.02 ↓ -81%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $763.02 ↓ -81%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,059.75 ↓ -74%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,130.40 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,388.48 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,481.05 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,555.10 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,851.31 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,851.31 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,851.31 ↓ -55%

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Interphalangeal joint spacer at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $3,918.39 $236.14 – $1,130.40

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