Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$228.15
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.
$867.50
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.
$24.68 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $1,096.17 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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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $24.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $34.26 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $43.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $51.39 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $57.56 | ↓ -75% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $59.95 | ↓ -74% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $68.52 | ↓ -70% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -68% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $77.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $77.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $78.11 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $82.91 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $83.08 | ↓ -64% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $85.65 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $85.65 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $86.85 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $90.28 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $91.47 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $92.50 | ↓ -59% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $92.50 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $93.87 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $97.64 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $98.15 | ↓ -57% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $119.91 | ↓ -47% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $128.47 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $319.85 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $822.13 | ↑ +260% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $822.13 | ↑ +260% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $876.94 | ↑ +284% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $920.78 | ↑ +304% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,096.17 | ↑ +380% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,096.17 | ↑ +380% |
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Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $248.10 | $59.53 – $319.85 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $196.57 | $96.35 – $701.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $235.96 | $59.53 – $822.13 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $213.40 | $59.53 – $627.75 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $212.54 | $59.53 – $481.46 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $176.51 | $59.53 – $822.13 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $260.25 | $59.53 – $822.13 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $438.09 | $59.53 – $371.79 |