F-18 fdg pet diag at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$117.02
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.
$451.80
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.
$90.36 with Aetna vs $2,068.83 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 | $90.36 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $108.43 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $135.54 | ↑ +16% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $158.13 | ↑ +35% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $180.72 | ↑ +54% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $203.31 | ↑ +74% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $203.31 | ↑ +74% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $225.90 | ↑ +93% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $225.90 | ↑ +93% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $225.90 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $238.10 | ↑ +103% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $243.97 | ↑ +108% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $243.97 | ↑ +108% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $338.85 | ↑ +190% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $359.05 | ↑ +207% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $359.05 | ↑ +207% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $359.05 | ↑ +207% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $359.05 | ↑ +207% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $359.05 | ↑ +207% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $359.05 | ↑ +207% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $361.44 | ↑ +209% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,092.86 | ↑ +834% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,551.62 | ↑ +1226% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,655.06 | ↑ +1314% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,737.81 | ↑ +1385% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,068.83 | ↑ +1668% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,068.83 | ↑ +1668% |
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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $893.21 | $359.05 – $1,871.25 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $81.78 | $90.36 – $1,065.06 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $875.38 | $359.05 – $2,271.75 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $1,760.48 | $359.05 – $3,112.83 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $557.67 | $72.99 – $1,772.25 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $342.93 | $100.00 – $897.70 |