Adrenal cortex & medulla img 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

$605.15

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.

$2,470.00

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 $6,611.33 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 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $769.97 ↑ +27%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $829.92 ↑ +37%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $864.50 ↑ +43%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $946.81 ↑ +56%
Health Net Medicaid $946.81 ↑ +56%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $946.81 ↑ +56%
Mercy Care Medicaid $946.81 ↑ +56%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $946.81 ↑ +56%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $946.81 ↑ +56%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,111.50 ↑ +84%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,111.50 ↑ +84%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,141.14 ↑ +89%
Aetna Designated Group $1,212.77 ↑ +100%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,301.69 ↑ +115%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,333.80 ↑ +120%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,391.41 ↑ +130%
Aetna Broad Network $1,425.19 ↑ +136%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,433.15 ↑ +137%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,460.98 ↑ +141%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,460.98 ↑ +141%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1,530.55 ↑ +153%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,530.55 ↑ +153%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,622.79 ↑ +168%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,696.89 ↑ +180%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,729.00 ↑ +186%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,852.50 ↑ +206%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,892.32 ↑ +213%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,947.97 ↑ +222%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,979.11 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,979.11 ↑ +227%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,059.29 ↑ +240%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,087.11 ↑ +245%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,111.05 ↑ +249%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,216.58 ↑ +266%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,295.83 ↑ +279%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,638.81 ↑ +336%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,638.81 ↑ +336%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $5,608.74 ↑ +827%
United Healthcare UHC Core $6,112.03 ↑ +910%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,611.33 ↑ +993%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Adrenal cortex & medulla img at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $733.31 $575.98 – $2,295.83
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $523.64 $829.92 – $2,295.83
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $486.59 $575.98 – $2,087.11
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $523.64 $769.97 – $2,295.83
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $691.60 $829.92 – $2,295.83
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $521.17 $829.92 – $2,295.83
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $713.83 $829.92 – $2,295.83
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $2,499.80 $424.49 – $2,863.65

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