2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188

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

$356.38

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.

$1,730.00

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.

$72.99 with Mercy Care vs $2,341.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $317.16 ↓ -11%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $518.51 ↑ +45%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $518.51 ↑ +45%
Mercy Care Medicaid $518.51 ↑ +45%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $518.51 ↑ +45%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $518.51 ↑ +45%
Health Net Medicaid $518.51 ↑ +45%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $581.28 ↑ +63%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $605.50 ↑ +70%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $778.50 ↑ +118%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $778.50 ↑ +118%
Aetna Joint Venture $799.26 ↑ +124%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $815.22 ↑ +129%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $815.22 ↑ +129%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $842.06 ↑ +136%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $842.06 ↑ +136%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $842.06 ↑ +136%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $842.06 ↑ +136%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $842.06 ↑ +136%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +136%
Aetna Designated Group $849.43 ↑ +138%
Humana Medicare Advantage $867.32 ↑ +143%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $869.57 ↑ +144%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $884.16 ↑ +148%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $884.16 ↑ +148%
Aetna Medical Rental $911.71 ↑ +156%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $913.04 ↑ +156%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $926.27 ↑ +160%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $926.27 ↑ +160%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $934.20 ↑ +162%
Aetna Broad Network $998.21 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,086.97 ↑ +205%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,086.97 ↑ +205%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,136.61 ↑ +219%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,145.20 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,178.88 ↑ +231%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,188.51 ↑ +233%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,211.00 ↑ +240%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,246.25 ↑ +250%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,263.09 ↑ +254%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,297.50 ↑ +264%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,389.40 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,128.00 ↑ +497%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,224.00 ↑ +524%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,341.00 ↑ +557%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $345.39 $196.56 – $1,081.08
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $425.58 $317.16 – $1,389.40
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $457.60 $518.51 – $1,760.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $627.00 $489.88 – $1,760.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $370.22 $518.51 – $1,389.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $337.35 $518.51 – $1,389.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $304.48 $477.41 – $1,297.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $361.57 $317.16 – $1,389.40

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