Blood gases ph venous 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

$5.21

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.

$33.00

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.

$11.00 with United Healthcare 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
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $11.00 ↑ +111%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $11.00 ↑ +111%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $11.00 ↑ +111%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $11.00 ↑ +111%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $11.00 ↑ +111%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $11.00 ↑ +111%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $11.00 ↑ +111%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $11.00 ↑ +111%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
Health Net Medicaid $11.00 ↑ +111%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
Mercy Care Medicaid $11.00 ↑ +111%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $11.00 ↑ +111%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $11.00 ↑ +111%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $11.09 ↑ +113%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.33 ↑ +117%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $11.55 ↑ +122%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $11.55 ↑ +122%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $11.55 ↑ +122%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $12.10 ↑ +132%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.10 ↑ +132%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $14.70 ↑ +182%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $14.85 ↑ +185%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $14.85 ↑ +185%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $14.96 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $15.40 ↑ +196%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $16.28 ↑ +212%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $16.50 ↑ +217%
Aetna Medical Rental $17.39 ↑ +234%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $17.82 ↑ +242%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $18.15 ↑ +248%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $19.30 ↑ +270%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $20.35 ↑ +291%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $21.45 ↑ +312%
United Healthcare UHC Core $22.49 ↑ +332%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $23.10 ↑ +343%
Provider Network of America Commercial $24.75 ↑ +375%
United Healthcare Commercial $24.75 ↑ +375%
Aetna Joint Venture $36.94 ↑ +609%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $37.79 ↑ +625%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $37.79 ↑ +625%
Aetna Designated Group $39.25 ↑ +653%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $40.31 ↑ +674%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $42.32 ↑ +712%
Aetna Broad Network $46.18 ↑ +786%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $50.38 ↑ +867%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $50.38 ↑ +867%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +1301%

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