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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at Banner University Medical Center Tucson
1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179
$529.12
Cash price 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.
$2,956.00
Gross charge 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.
$166.84 with Mercy Care vs $2,364.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -68% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $166.84 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -68% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -68% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $270.51 | ↓ -49% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $270.51 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $276.71 | ↓ -48% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $283.39 | ↓ -46% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $283.39 | ↓ -46% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $347.80 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $350.38 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $360.68 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $381.29 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $386.44 | ↓ -27% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $425.09 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $578.09 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $616.63 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $647.47 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $691.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $770.79 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $770.79 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $770.79 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $778.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $864.00 | ↑ +63% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $1,034.60 | ↑ +96% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $1,269.00 | ↑ +140% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,330.20 | ↑ +151% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,330.20 | ↑ +151% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,557.81 | ↑ +194% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,596.24 | ↑ +202% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,217.00 | ↑ +319% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,364.80 | ↑ +347% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $404.97 | $166.84 – $2,364.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $348.05 | $166.84 – $1,812.75 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $304.54 | $166.84 – $1,812.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $280.37 | $166.84 – $1,933.60 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $319.04 | $166.84 – $1,812.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $302.12 | $166.84 – $1,933.60 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $309.38 | $166.84 – $1,812.75 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $459.23 | $166.84 – $1,812.75 |