Xe133 xenon 10mci 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

$73.16

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.

$310.00

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.

$62.00 with Aetna vs $1,870.49 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 $62.00 ↓ -15%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -0%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $78.74 ↑ +8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $93.00 ↑ +27%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $108.50 ↑ +48%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $124.00 ↑ +69%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $139.50 ↑ +91%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $139.50 ↑ +91%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $155.00 ↑ +112%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $155.00 ↑ +112%
Aetna Medical Rental $163.37 ↑ +123%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $167.40 ↑ +129%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $167.40 ↑ +129%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $217.00 ↑ +197%
Provider Network of America Commercial $232.50 ↑ +218%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $255.10 ↑ +249%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $255.10 ↑ +249%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $255.10 ↑ +249%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $255.10 ↑ +249%
Health Net Medicaid $255.10 ↑ +249%
Mercy Care Medicaid $255.10 ↑ +249%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $386.40 ↑ +428%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $429.33 ↑ +487%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $545.78 ↑ +646%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,402.86 ↑ +1818%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,402.86 ↑ +1818%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,496.39 ↑ +1945%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,571.20 ↑ +2048%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,870.49 ↑ +2457%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,870.49 ↑ +2457%

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Xe133 xenon 10mci at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $88.43 $49.40 – $545.78
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $36.72 $26.80 – $1,402.86
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $29.45 $31.00 – $1,071.18
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $27.59 $31.00 – $545.78
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $57.57 $44.80 – $1,402.86
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $53.00 $53.00 – $1,402.86
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $89.01 $61.60 – $1,402.86
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $21.44 $26.80 – $1,176.39

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