65/100
#786 nationally
Banner-University Medical Center South Campus
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ 85713 · (520) 874-2000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Banner-University Medical Center South Campus billed $3.41 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 37
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #7
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
211 | $17,449 | $2,659 | -10% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
139 | $56,966 | $21,524 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
115 | $467 | $569 | -85% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $31,504 | $4,883 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $2,989 | $1,715 | -77% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $6,234 | $1,883 | -45% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $48,161 | $17,388 | +33% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $10,804 | $2,272 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $26,393 | $5,543 | -25% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $43,555 | $14,690 | about average |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,872 | $2,279 | +58% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$70,721 | $18,733 | +46% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$110,406 | $21,277 | +37% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$48,161 | $17,388 | +33% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,504 | $4,883 | +15% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,228 | $18,131 | +10% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$57,486 | $18,500 | +9% |
|
Depressive Neuroses
MS-DRG 881 · Inpatient stay |
$22,722 | $11,822 | +3% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$467 | $569 | -85% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,989 | $1,715 | -77% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,846 | $1,524 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,234 | $1,883 | -45% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$34,781 | $17,131 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,977 | $1,344 | -41% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$20,532 | $10,357 | -37% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$29,620 | $14,846 | -36% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.