Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$54.83
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.
$347.00
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 $360.96 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 | ↑ +33% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $78.77 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $79.63 | ↑ +45% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $81.13 | ↑ +48% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $82.71 | ↑ +51% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $82.71 | ↑ +51% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $82.95 | ↑ +51% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $86.65 | ↑ +58% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $86.65 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $105.32 | ↑ +92% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $106.65 | ↑ +95% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $106.65 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $107.13 | ↑ +95% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $110.28 | ↑ +101% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $116.58 | ↑ +113% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $118.16 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $124.90 | ↑ +128% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $127.98 | ↑ +133% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $129.97 | ↑ +137% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $138.24 | ↑ +152% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $145.70 | ↑ +166% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $153.60 | ↑ +180% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $161.08 | ↑ +194% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $165.90 | ↑ +203% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.24 | ↑ +223% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $177.75 | ↑ +224% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $264.51 | ↑ +382% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $270.72 | ↑ +394% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $270.72 | ↑ +394% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $281.05 | ↑ +413% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $288.76 | ↑ +427% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $303.20 | ↑ +453% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $330.68 | ↑ +503% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $360.96 | ↑ +558% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $360.96 | ↑ +558% |
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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $55.52 | $78.77 – $177.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $38.88 | $78.77 – $189.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $37.44 | $78.77 – $189.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $44.07 | $78.77 – $260.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $52.40 | $78.77 – $277.60 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $26.78 | $78.77 – $177.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $53.44 | $78.77 – $277.60 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $52.05 | $78.77 – $177.75 |