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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$434.66
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.
$2,110.00
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.
$72.99 with Mercy Care vs $1,582.50 with Provider Network of America — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $166.84 | ↓ -62% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $166.84 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -62% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -62% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -62% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $265.36 | ↓ -39% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $270.51 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $270.51 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $276.07 | ↓ -36% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $283.39 | ↓ -35% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $283.39 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $350.38 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $360.68 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $381.29 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $386.44 | ↓ -11% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $425.09 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $487.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $709.61 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $709.61 | ↑ +63% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $738.50 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $756.92 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $794.76 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $946.15 | ↑ +118% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $946.15 | ↑ +118% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $949.50 | ↑ +118% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $949.50 | ↑ +118% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $990.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,052.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,111.97 | ↑ +156% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,139.40 | ↑ +162% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,238.00 | ↑ +185% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,346.00 | ↑ +210% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,477.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,496.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,582.50 | ↑ +264% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $405.12 | $166.84 – $1,582.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $474.71 | $166.84 – $2,052.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $405.43 | $166.84 – $2,052.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $373.47 | $166.84 – $1,582.50 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $310.17 | $166.84 – $1,688.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $417.78 | $166.84 – $1,582.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $312.28 | $166.84 – $1,688.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $398.79 | $166.84 – $1,582.50 |