Valvuloplasty pulmonary 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

$4,940.79

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.

$13,611.00

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.

$4,763.85 with University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) vs $21,643.74 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
University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) Commerical $4,763.85 ↓ -4%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $6,124.95 ↑ +24%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $6,124.95 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medical Rental $7,173.00 ↑ +45%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $7,281.13 ↑ +47%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $7,281.13 ↑ +47%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $7,281.13 ↑ +47%
Health Net Medicaid $7,281.13 ↑ +47%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $7,281.13 ↑ +47%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $7,349.94 ↑ +49%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $7,380.00 ↑ +49%
Aetna Joint Venture $7,694.00 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Commercial $8,241.00 ↑ +67%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $8,370.76 ↑ +69%
Aetna Designated Group $8,656.00 ↑ +75%
Aetna Broad Network $9,618.00 ↑ +95%
Provider Network of America Commercial $10,208.25 ↑ +107%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $10,888.80 ↑ +120%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Health Net Medicare $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $12,087.01 ↑ +145%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $12,691.36 ↑ +157%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12,691.36 ↑ +157%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13,295.71 ↑ +169%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $13,295.71 ↑ +169%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $16,232.81 ↑ +229%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $16,317.46 ↑ +230%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $16,438.33 ↑ +233%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $16,921.81 ↑ +242%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $17,314.99 ↑ +250%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $17,888.77 ↑ +262%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $18,130.51 ↑ +267%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $18,180.74 ↑ +268%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $19,943.57 ↑ +304%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $21,643.74 ↑ +338%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $21,643.74 ↑ +338%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $21,643.74 ↑ +338%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Valvuloplasty pulmonary at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $7,173.00 $4,763.85 – $19,943.57
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $3,917.59 $4,924.35 – $19,943.57
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $3,742.51 $3,830.05 – $19,943.57
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $3,162.53 $3,830.05 – $19,943.57
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $3,873.82 $3,830.05 – $19,943.57
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $4,234.94 $3,830.05 – $19,943.57
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $3,096.87 $3,830.05 – $19,943.57
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $3,370.44 $72.99 – $19,943.57

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