Tc-99m mebrofenin at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188

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

$53.34

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.

$226.00

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.

$45.20 with Aetna vs $422.57 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $45.20 ↓ -15%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $56.50 ↑ +6%
Health Net Medicaid $56.50 ↑ +6%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $56.50 ↑ +6%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $56.50 ↑ +6%
Mercy Care Medicaid $56.50 ↑ +6%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $56.50 ↑ +6%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $57.40 ↑ +8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $67.80 ↑ +27%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +37%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $79.10 ↑ +48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $83.78 ↑ +57%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $90.40 ↑ +69%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $93.09 ↑ +75%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $101.70 ↑ +91%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $101.70 ↑ +91%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $113.00 ↑ +112%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $113.00 ↑ +112%
Aetna Medical Rental $119.10 ↑ +123%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $122.04 ↑ +129%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $122.04 ↑ +129%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $123.30 ↑ +131%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $158.20 ↑ +197%
Provider Network of America Commercial $169.50 ↑ +218%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $316.92 ↑ +494%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $316.92 ↑ +494%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $338.05 ↑ +534%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $354.95 ↑ +565%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $422.57 ↑ +692%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $422.57 ↑ +692%

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Tc-99m mebrofenin at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $92.75 $52.78 – $290.29
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $73.39 $41.00 – $153.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $60.00 $48.00 – $270.39
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $62.16 $48.00 – $192.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $75.90 $55.40 – $316.92
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $44.27 $46.60 – $241.99
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $36.20 $40.00 – $185.60
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $40.41 $45.40 – $181.60

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