Tc-99m bicisate at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix

1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870

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

$826.98

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.

$2,310.00

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.

$683.80 with Care 1st 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.

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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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $683.80 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $683.80 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $683.80 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $683.80 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare $683.80 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $683.80 ↓ -17%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $683.80 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare Advantage $704.31 ↓ -15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $717.99 ↓ -13%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $717.99 ↓ -13%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $752.18 ↓ -9%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $752.18 ↓ -9%
NaphCare Federal $923.13 ↑ +12%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $929.97 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $957.32 ↑ +16%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,012.02 ↑ +22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,025.70 ↑ +24%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,039.50 ↑ +26%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,039.50 ↑ +26%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,128.27 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,217.37 ↑ +47%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,247.40 ↑ +51%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,617.00 ↑ +96%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,732.50 ↑ +109%
Health Net Medicaid $3,666.33 ↑ +343%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3,666.33 ↑ +343%
Mercy Care Medicaid $3,666.33 ↑ +343%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $3,666.33 ↑ +343%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3,666.33 ↑ +343%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3,666.33 ↑ +343%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $5,553.38 ↑ +572%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $6,170.42 ↑ +646%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $7,996.62 ↑ +867%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $20,554.36 ↑ +2385%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $21,924.65 ↑ +2551%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $23,020.71 ↑ +2684%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $27,405.81 ↑ +3214%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $27,405.81 ↑ +3214%

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Tc-99m bicisate at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $471.80 $683.80 – $1,769.25
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $2,672.48 $100.00 – $5,526.84
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,054.61 $100.00 – $3,300.99
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

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