Placement of seton at Banner University Medical Center Tucson
1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179
$1,539.48
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.
$4,241.00
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.
$1,484.35 with University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) vs $6,305.00 with Aetna — 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 |
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| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $1,484.35 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,771.46 | ↑ +15% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,771.46 | ↑ +15% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1,771.46 | ↑ +15% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,771.46 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,771.46 | ↑ +15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,908.45 | ↑ +24% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,908.45 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2,235.01 | ↑ +45% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2,290.14 | ↑ +49% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $2,922.89 | ↑ +90% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $3,069.03 | ↑ +99% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $3,069.03 | ↑ +99% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $3,180.75 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,191.68 | ↑ +107% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,215.18 | ↑ +109% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $3,215.18 | ↑ +109% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $3,392.80 | ↑ +120% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,404.46 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $3,574.69 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $3,921.00 | ↑ +155% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $3,945.90 | ↑ +156% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $3,975.13 | ↑ +158% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $4,092.05 | ↑ +166% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,255.58 | ↑ +176% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $4,255.58 | ↑ +176% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,255.58 | ↑ +176% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $4,325.88 | ↑ +181% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $4,384.34 | ↑ +185% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $4,721.00 | ↑ +207% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $4,822.77 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $5,044.00 | ↑ +228% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5,107.00 | ↑ +232% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $5,675.00 | ↑ +269% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $6,305.00 | ↑ +310% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Placement of seton at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $290.14 | $113.73 – $585.20 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $122.31 – $2,922.89 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | not published | $1,455.44 – $1,771.46 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | not published | $1,771.46 – $2,856.54 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | not published | $1,455.44 – $1,771.46 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | not published | $1,771.46 – $3,741.03 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | not published | $1,771.46 – $3,741.03 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $1,771.46 – $3,741.03 |