Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$199.21

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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.

$714.00

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.

$95.55 with Aetna vs $726.30 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 $95.55 ↓ -52%
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $102.90 ↓ -48%
Aetna Joint Venture $105.25 ↓ -47%
Aetna Designated Group $118.19 ↓ -41%
Aetna Broad Network $131.42 ↓ -34%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $132.30 ↓ -34%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $132.30 ↓ -34%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $136.67 ↓ -31%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $136.67 ↓ -31%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $136.67 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicaid $136.67 ↓ -31%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $136.67 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medical Rental $154.94 ↓ -22%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $158.76 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $180.81 ↓ -9%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $193.98 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $193.98 ↓ -3%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $193.98 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $193.98 ↓ -3%
Health Net Medicare $193.98 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $193.98 ↓ -3%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $193.98 ↓ -3%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $203.68 ↑ +2%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $203.68 ↑ +2%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $213.38 ↑ +7%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $213.38 ↑ +7%
Provider Network of America Commercial $220.50 ↑ +11%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $235.20 ↑ +18%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $261.87 ↑ +31%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $263.81 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $271.57 ↑ +36%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $287.09 ↑ +44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $290.97 ↑ +46%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $320.07 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Commercial $359.00 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $544.73 ↑ +173%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $581.04 ↑ +192%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $610.09 ↑ +206%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $726.30 ↑ +265%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $726.30 ↑ +265%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $726.30 ↑ +265%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $120.67 $95.55 – $320.07
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $179.09 $27.16 – $193.98
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $182.78 $98.78 – $320.07
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $198.49 $98.78 – $320.07
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $80.68 $98.78 – $320.07
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $230.62 $102.90 – $290.97
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $212.77 $98.78 – $320.07
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $107.10 $98.78 – $320.07

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