MRI chest w IV cont 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

$467.86

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.

$2,529.00

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.

$518.51 with Health Net vs $2,023.20 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.

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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
Health Net Medicaid $518.51 ↑ +11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $518.51 ↑ +11%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $518.51 ↑ +11%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $518.51 ↑ +11%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $518.51 ↑ +11%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $547.19 ↑ +17%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $842.06 ↑ +80%
Humana Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $842.06 ↑ +80%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $842.06 ↑ +80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $842.06 ↑ +80%
Health Net Medicare $842.06 ↑ +80%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $842.06 ↑ +80%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +80%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $884.16 ↑ +89%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $884.16 ↑ +89%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $885.15 ↑ +89%
Aetna Joint Venture $905.38 ↑ +94%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $926.27 ↑ +98%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $926.27 ↑ +98%
Aetna Designated Group $1,016.66 ↑ +117%
Aetna Broad Network $1,130.46 ↑ +142%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $1,136.78 ↑ +143%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,138.05 ↑ +143%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,138.05 ↑ +143%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,145.20 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,178.88 ↑ +152%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,246.25 ↑ +166%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,263.09 ↑ +170%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $1,269.00 ↑ +171%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,332.78 ↑ +185%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,365.66 ↑ +192%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,381.02 ↑ +195%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,389.40 ↑ +197%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,473.09 ↑ +215%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,546.74 ↑ +231%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,841.36 ↑ +294%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,841.36 ↑ +294%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,841.36 ↑ +294%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,896.75 ↑ +305%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,023.20 ↑ +332%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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MRI chest w IV cont at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $399.58 $518.51 – $2,023.20
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $901.59 $403.03 – $2,822.05
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $409.92 $518.51 – $1,601.25
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $377.90 $518.51 – $1,601.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $313.84 $518.51 – $1,708.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $422.73 $518.51 – $1,601.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $315.98 $518.51 – $1,708.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $516.67 $518.51 – $1,601.25

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