Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$469.08
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.
$1,523.00
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 $5,506.00 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 | ↓ -84% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $189.35 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $189.35 | ↓ -60% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $189.35 | ↓ -60% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $189.35 | ↓ -60% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $189.35 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $189.35 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $203.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $257.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $304.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $355.25 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $360.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $400.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $406.00 | ↓ -13% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $456.75 | ↓ -3% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $456.75 | ↓ -3% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $507.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $507.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $534.90 | ↑ +14% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $548.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $548.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $710.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $761.25 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $949.44 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +149% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,114.00 | ↑ +351% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,210.00 | ↑ +371% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,326.00 | ↑ +396% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $2,440.42 | ↑ +420% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,440.42 | ↑ +420% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,603.12 | ↑ +455% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,733.25 | ↑ +483% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $3,253.90 | ↑ +594% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $3,253.90 | ↑ +594% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +839% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +898% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +1074% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $456.09 | $61.87 – $870.10 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $545.23 | $189.35 – $2,114.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $596.41 | $189.35 – $2,082.06 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $865.86 | $189.35 – $2,041.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $520.87 | $189.35 – $2,440.42 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $440.15 | $189.35 – $2,114.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $421.87 | $189.35 – $1,851.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $485.84 | $189.35 – $2,114.00 |