Lumbar diskogram s&i at Banner University Medical Center Tucson
1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179
$997.20
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,324.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$154.94 with Aetna vs $8,881.60 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $154.94 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $247.71 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $264.22 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $277.43 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $330.28 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $330.28 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $330.28 | ↓ -67% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $1,163.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,189.99 | ↑ +19% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,271.93 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↑ +28% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↑ +28% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,336.25 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,485.83 | ↑ +49% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,495.80 | ↑ +50% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,495.80 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,751.75 | ↑ +76% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,794.96 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $2,044.26 | ↑ +105% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +109% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $2,185.36 | ↑ +119% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $2,185.36 | ↑ +119% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $2,289.43 | ↑ +130% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,289.43 | ↑ +130% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,493.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,659.20 | ↑ +167% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $2,809.76 | ↑ +182% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $2,830.57 | ↑ +184% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $2,913.82 | ↑ +192% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $3,080.32 | ↑ +209% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $3,121.95 | ↑ +213% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $3,434.14 | ↑ +244% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $8,881.60 | ↑ +791% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $1,023.79 | $154.94 – $3,434.14 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $669.12 | $116.94 – $2,094.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,012.94 | $112.96 – $3,434.14 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,034.50 | $290.34 – $3,434.14 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $876.45 | $221.70 – $3,434.14 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $772.28 | $154.94 – $3,121.95 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $836.94 | $112.96 – $3,434.14 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,005.76 | $290.34 – $3,434.14 |