Tc-99m sulfur colloid at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$44.40
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.
$222.00
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.
$44.40 with Aetna vs $2,042.20 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $44.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $56.39 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $66.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $77.70 | ↑ +75% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $88.80 | ↑ +100% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $99.90 | ↑ +125% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $99.90 | ↑ +125% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $111.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $111.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $111.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $116.99 | ↑ +163% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $119.88 | ↑ +170% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $119.88 | ↑ +170% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $155.40 | ↑ +250% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $166.50 | ↑ +275% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $267.37 | ↑ +502% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $267.37 | ↑ +502% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $267.37 | ↑ +502% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $267.37 | ↑ +502% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $267.37 | ↑ +502% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $404.97 | ↑ +812% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $449.97 | ↑ +913% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,531.65 | ↑ +3350% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,531.65 | ↑ +3350% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,633.76 | ↑ +3580% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,715.43 | ↑ +3764% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,042.20 | ↑ +4500% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $2,042.20 | ↑ +4500% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,042.20 | ↑ +4500% |
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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $109.55 | $61.20 – $595.88 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $43.97 | $101.76 – $477.24 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $92.76 | $46.14 – $274.05 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $227.80 | $100.00 – $926.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $201.50 | $161.20 – $1,306.73 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $93.98 | $68.60 – $1,531.65 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $44.08 | $46.40 – $1,169.52 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $38.73 | $42.80 – $896.97 |