Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at Banner University Medical Center Tucson
1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1265820179
$1.10
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.
$4.40
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.
$0.88 with Aetna vs $11.03 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 | $0.88 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1.06 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1.32 | ↑ +20% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $1.54 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1.69 | ↑ +54% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1.69 | ↑ +54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1.69 | ↑ +54% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1.69 | ↑ +54% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1.69 | ↑ +54% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $1.76 | ↑ +60% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1.98 | ↑ +80% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1.98 | ↑ +80% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $2.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $2.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $2.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2.32 | ↑ +111% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $2.38 | ↑ +116% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2.38 | ↑ +116% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $2.85 | ↑ +159% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $3.30 | ↑ +200% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $3.52 | ↑ +220% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $8.27 | ↑ +652% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $8.82 | ↑ +702% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $9.26 | ↑ +742% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $11.03 | ↑ +903% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $11.03 | ↑ +903% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $11.03 | ↑ +903% |
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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $33.21 | $1.73 – $103.95 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $16.17 | $1.69 – $44.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $12.16 | $1.69 – $51.20 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $11.93 | $1.69 – $53.60 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $33.41 | $1.69 – $97.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $27.20 | $1.69 – $102.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $41.33 | $1.69 – $107.25 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $9.44 | $1.69 – $44.25 |