Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$11.03

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.

$74.00

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.

$11.54 with Wellpoint vs $72.99 with Mercy Care — 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $11.54 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $11.54 ↑ +5%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $11.54 ↑ +5%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $11.54 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $11.54 ↑ +5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $11.54 ↑ +5%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $11.54 ↑ +5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $11.54 ↑ +5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicaid $11.54 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
Mercy Care Medicaid $11.54 ↑ +5%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $11.54 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.89 ↑ +8%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12.12 ↑ +10%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $12.12 ↑ +10%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $12.69 ↑ +15%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.69 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $15.42 ↑ +40%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $15.69 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $16.16 ↑ +47%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $17.08 ↑ +55%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $17.31 ↑ +57%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $17.81 ↑ +61%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $18.55 ↑ +68%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $19.04 ↑ +73%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $20.25 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $21.34 ↑ +93%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $22.50 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare UHC Core $23.59 ↑ +114%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $23.85 ↑ +116%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $23.85 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare Commercial $25.96 ↑ +135%
Aetna Medical Rental $27.93 ↑ +153%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $28.62 ↑ +159%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $37.10 ↑ +236%
Aetna Joint Venture $38.75 ↑ +251%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $39.63 ↑ +259%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $39.63 ↑ +259%
Provider Network of America Commercial $39.75 ↑ +260%
Aetna Designated Group $41.17 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $42.28 ↑ +283%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $44.39 ↑ +302%
Aetna Broad Network $48.44 ↑ +339%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $52.84 ↑ +379%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $52.84 ↑ +379%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +562%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $49.70 $11.54 – $155.54
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $14.06 $11.54 – $39.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $15.91 $11.54 – $42.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $10.06 $11.54 – $42.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $12.43 $11.54 – $39.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $34.57 $11.54 – $41.30
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $13.54 $11.54 – $42.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $12.58 $11.54 – $39.75

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