Tc-99m bicisate at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$568.29
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.
$2,408.00
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.
$72.99 with Mercy Care vs $27,405.81 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.
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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -87% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $683.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $704.31 | ↑ +24% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $717.99 | ↑ +26% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $717.99 | ↑ +26% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $752.18 | ↑ +32% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $752.18 | ↑ +32% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $842.80 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $929.97 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $957.32 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,012.02 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,025.70 | ↑ +80% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,083.60 | ↑ +91% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,083.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,128.27 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,269.02 | ↑ +123% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,300.32 | ↑ +129% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,685.60 | ↑ +197% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,806.00 | ↑ +218% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $3,666.33 | ↑ +545% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $3,666.33 | ↑ +545% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $3,666.33 | ↑ +545% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $3,666.33 | ↑ +545% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $3,666.33 | ↑ +545% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $3,666.33 | ↑ +545% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $5,553.38 | ↑ +877% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $6,170.42 | ↑ +986% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $7,996.62 | ↑ +1307% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $20,554.36 | ↑ +3517% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $20,554.36 | ↑ +3517% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $21,924.65 | ↑ +3758% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $23,020.71 | ↑ +3951% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $27,405.81 | ↑ +4723% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $27,405.81 | ↑ +4723% |
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Tc-99m bicisate at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,054.61 | $100.00 – $3,300.99 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $826.98 | $683.80 – $1,732.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $644.50 | $683.80 – $2,062.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $733.22 | $683.80 – $5,553.38 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $796.40 | $683.80 – $3,300.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $490.73 | $683.80 – $2,205.52 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $582.10 | $683.80 – $1,698.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $471.80 | $683.80 – $1,769.25 |