Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$1,925.39
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.
$1,710.00
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 $6,483.00 with Aetna — 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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $586.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $586.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $586.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $586.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $586.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $586.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $598.50 | ↓ -69% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $769.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $769.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $901.17 | ↓ -53% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $923.40 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $999.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $1,029.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $1,049.23 | ↓ -46% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $1,049.23 | ↓ -46% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $1,099.20 | ↓ -43% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,099.20 | ↓ -43% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,197.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,271.44 | ↓ -34% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,282.50 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,359.01 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,398.98 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,478.92 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,498.90 | ↓ -22% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,648.80 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2,633.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,268.08 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $3,268.08 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,485.96 | ↑ +81% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $3,660.23 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,357.45 | ↑ +126% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,357.45 | ↑ +126% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +132% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $4,640.00 | ↑ +141% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $4,850.00 | ↑ +152% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5,105.00 | ↑ +165% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $5,186.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $5,511.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $6,483.00 | ↑ +237% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $688.56 | $109.79 – $2,155.23 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,882.45 | $586.96 – $1,648.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $596.41 | $575.05 – $1,648.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $865.86 | $575.05 – $1,648.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,655.36 | $586.96 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,688.29 | $586.96 – $1,648.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1,230.53 | $586.96 – $1,498.90 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $1,637.98 | $586.96 – $1,648.80 |