F-18 sodium fluoride at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$262.41
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.
$733.00
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.
$146.60 with Aetna vs $1,079.21 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 | $146.60 | ↓ -44% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $164.19 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $164.19 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $164.19 | ↓ -37% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $164.19 | ↓ -37% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $164.19 | ↓ -37% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $164.19 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $164.93 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $219.90 | ↓ -16% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $293.20 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $314.90 | ↑ +20% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $329.85 | ↑ +26% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $329.85 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $330.75 | ↑ +26% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $366.50 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $366.50 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $366.50 | ↑ +40% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $367.50 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $386.29 | ↑ +47% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $395.82 | ↑ +51% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $395.82 | ↑ +51% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $513.10 | ↑ +96% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $549.75 | ↑ +110% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $809.41 | ↑ +208% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $863.37 | ↑ +229% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $906.53 | ↑ +245% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,079.21 | ↑ +311% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,079.21 | ↑ +311% |
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F-18 sodium fluoride at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $216.98 | $79.52 – $568.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $241.03 | $166.80 – $809.41 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $238.36 | $72.99 – $757.50 |