Thyroid met imaging at Banner Ocotillo Medical Center

1405 S Alma School Rd, Chandler, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1972139004

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$476.80

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.

$1,490.00

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.

$273.41 with Mercy Care vs $1,909.17 with United Healthcare — 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -43%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -43%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicare $428.28 ↓ -10%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↓ -10%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↓ -10%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -10%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↓ -10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $428.28 ↓ -10%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↓ -10%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↓ -6%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↓ -6%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↓ -1%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $500.64 ↑ +5%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $521.50 ↑ +9%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↑ +26%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↑ +33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↑ +35%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $670.50 ↑ +41%
Aetna Joint Venture $688.38 ↑ +44%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↑ +48%
Aetna Designated Group $731.59 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medical Rental $785.23 ↑ +65%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $804.60 ↑ +69%
Aetna Broad Network $859.73 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $963.64 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $978.93 ↑ +105%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,023.63 ↑ +115%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,027.88 ↑ +116%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,043.00 ↑ +119%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,079.26 ↑ +126%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,117.50 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,284.85 ↑ +169%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,284.85 ↑ +169%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,284.85 ↑ +169%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +239%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +270%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +300%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Thyroid met imaging at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $314.39 $273.41 – $1,117.50
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $430.61 $273.41 – $1,117.50
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $365.05 $72.99 – $1,117.50

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