Biliary endoscopy thru skin at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$1,255.41
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.
$4,076.00
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 $18,309.21 with Oscar Health Plan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,426.60 | ↑ +14% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,834.20 | ↑ +46% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,834.20 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2,148.05 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2,201.04 | ↑ +75% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,853.20 | ↑ +127% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $3,057.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $3,668.82 | ↑ +192% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $3,668.82 | ↑ +192% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $3,668.82 | ↑ +192% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $3,668.82 | ↑ +192% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $3,668.82 | ↑ +192% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $3,668.82 | ↑ +192% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $3,818.00 | ↑ +204% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $4,094.00 | ↑ +226% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $5,974.00 | ↑ +376% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $6,347.00 | ↑ +406% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $7,467.00 | ↑ +495% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $8,578.00 | ↑ +583% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $8,965.00 | ↑ +614% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $9,437.00 | ↑ +652% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $9,813.71 | ↑ +682% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $9,813.71 | ↑ +682% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $10,467.96 | ↑ +734% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $10,991.27 | ↑ +776% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $11,096.49 | ↑ +784% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $11,429.38 | ↑ +810% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $11,651.31 | ↑ +828% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $11,651.31 | ↑ +828% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $12,206.14 | ↑ +872% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $12,206.14 | ↑ +872% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $13,084.95 | ↑ +942% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $13,084.95 | ↑ +942% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $15,091.23 | ↑ +1102% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $15,138.00 | ↑ +1106% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $15,535.09 | ↑ +1137% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $16,422.81 | ↑ +1208% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $16,644.74 | ↑ +1226% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $16,820.00 | ↑ +1240% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $18,309.21 | ↑ +1358% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,459.21 | $1,834.20 – $18,309.21 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $3,475.36 | $3,350.90 – $18,309.21 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $5,045.50 | $3,350.90 – $18,309.21 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,393.99 | $1,426.60 – $18,309.21 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1,129.05 | $1,426.60 – $16,644.74 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,442.90 | $1,426.60 – $18,309.21 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $1,573.34 | $1,426.60 – $16,644.74 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,577.41 | $1,426.60 – $18,309.21 |