Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$805.11
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.
$2,614.00
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 $7,005.97 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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -91% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $259.00 | ↓ -68% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $333.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $333.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $389.98 | ↓ -52% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $392.67 | ↓ -51% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -51% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -51% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $392.67 | ↓ -51% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $399.60 | ↓ -50% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $518.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $555.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $678.72 | ↓ -16% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $691.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $691.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $724.85 | ↓ -10% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $724.85 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $896.17 | ↑ +11% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $922.53 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $936.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $975.25 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $988.42 | ↑ +23% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,087.27 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $2,044.24 | ↑ +154% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $3,152.00 | ↑ +291% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $3,294.00 | ↑ +309% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,467.00 | ↑ +331% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $3,617.00 | ↑ +349% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $3,843.00 | ↑ +377% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +399% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +454% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $4,521.00 | ↑ +462% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $5,254.47 | ↑ +553% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $5,254.47 | ↑ +553% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $5,604.77 | ↑ +596% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $5,884.97 | ↑ +631% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $7,005.97 | ↑ +770% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $7,005.97 | ↑ +770% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $935.81 | $333.00 – $1,087.27 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,050.88 | $392.67 – $1,087.27 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $213.86 | $259.00 – $1,087.27 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $236.06 | $259.00 – $1,087.27 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $925.36 | $259.00 – $1,087.27 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $227.18 | $259.00 – $1,087.27 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $8,236.31 | $402.49 – $17,033.19 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $402.49 – $658.95 |