Asp & inj bone cyst 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

$269.81

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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.

$876.00

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 $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.

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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 ↓ -73%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $306.60 ↑ +14%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $360.00 ↑ +33%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $394.20 ↑ +46%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $394.20 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $400.00 ↑ +48%
Mercy Care Medicaid $450.93 ↑ +67%
Health Net Medicaid $450.93 ↑ +67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $450.93 ↑ +67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $450.93 ↑ +67%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $450.93 ↑ +67%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $450.93 ↑ +67%
Aetna Medical Rental $461.65 ↑ +71%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $473.04 ↑ +75%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $613.20 ↑ +127%
Provider Network of America Commercial $657.00 ↑ +144%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $749.90 ↑ +178%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $749.90 ↑ +178%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $749.90 ↑ +178%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $749.90 ↑ +178%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $749.90 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +178%
Humana Medicare Advantage $772.40 ↑ +186%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $787.39 ↑ +192%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $787.39 ↑ +192%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $824.89 ↑ +206%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $824.89 ↑ +206%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $949.44 ↑ +252%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,019.86 ↑ +278%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,049.86 ↑ +289%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,109.85 ↑ +311%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,124.85 ↑ +317%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +334%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,237.34 ↑ +359%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +804%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2,440.42 ↑ +804%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +865%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +913%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $3,152.00 ↑ +1068%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +1106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +1106%
United Healthcare UHC Core $3,294.00 ↑ +1121%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,467.00 ↑ +1185%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +1533%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +1635%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +1941%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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