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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) 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

$1,154.64

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.

$4,245.00

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.

$615.27 with Aetna vs $6,611.33 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $615.27 ↓ -47%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $946.81 ↓ -18%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $946.81 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicaid $946.81 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $946.81 ↓ -18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $946.81 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicare $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +21%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,460.98 ↑ +27%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,460.98 ↑ +27%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $1,485.75 ↑ +29%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,519.71 ↑ +32%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,530.55 ↑ +33%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,530.55 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,612.18 ↑ +40%
Aetna Designated Group $1,706.49 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,719.66 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,805.65 ↑ +56%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $1,878.40 ↑ +63%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,892.32 ↑ +64%
Aetna Broad Network $1,897.52 ↑ +64%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,910.25 ↑ +65%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,910.25 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,947.97 ↑ +69%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,059.29 ↑ +78%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,087.11 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,149.58 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,149.58 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,149.58 ↑ +86%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,237.11 ↑ +94%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,292.30 ↑ +99%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,295.83 ↑ +99%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $2,610.68 ↑ +126%
Provider Network of America Commercial $3,183.75 ↑ +176%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,396.00 ↑ +194%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,611.33 ↑ +473%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $687.69 $615.27 – $3,396.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,703.53 $735.17 – $3,218.25
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,347.37 $946.81 – $3,218.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $909.69 $946.81 – $3,432.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $845.33 $615.27 – $3,218.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $909.69 $735.17 – $3,432.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,201.48 $946.81 – $3,218.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $905.40 $946.81 – $3,218.25

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