Unlisted procedure microbiology at Banner University Medical Center Tucson
1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179
$736.87
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.
$3,149.00
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.
$68.97 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $2,519.20 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.
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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| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $68.97 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $82.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $88.19 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $92.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $110.24 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $110.24 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $110.24 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $629.80 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $755.76 | ↑ +3% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $768.36 | ↑ +4% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $768.36 | ↑ +4% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $768.36 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $768.36 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $768.36 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $944.70 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,023.42 | ↑ +39% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $1,102.15 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,127.34 | ↑ +53% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $1,259.60 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,265.90 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,407.60 | ↑ +91% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,417.05 | ↑ +92% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,417.05 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,574.50 | ↑ +114% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,574.50 | ↑ +114% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,574.50 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,659.52 | ↑ +125% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,700.46 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,700.46 | ↑ +131% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,361.75 | ↑ +221% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,519.20 | ↑ +242% |
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Unlisted procedure microbiology at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $185.00 | $72.00 – $579.04 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $229.46 | $58.48 – $610.30 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $3,132.02 | $73.57 – $734.70 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $1,101.13 | $207.76 – $1,409.80 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $247.50 | $58.48 – $610.30 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $201.54 | $72.00 – $631.68 |