Blood split unit at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$119.18
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.
$404.00
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.
$18.14 with Aetna vs $357.00 with United Healthcare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $18.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $18.90 | ↓ -84% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $24.30 | ↓ -80% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $24.30 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $24.95 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $26.51 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $28.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $29.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $31.16 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $31.28 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $35.48 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $37.10 | ↓ -69% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $37.80 | ↓ -68% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $40.50 | ↓ -66% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $80.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $80.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $85.76 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $90.05 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $107.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $107.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $107.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $107.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $107.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $107.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $107.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $107.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $151.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $155.66 | ↑ +31% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $158.69 | ↑ +33% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $158.69 | ↑ +33% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $166.24 | ↑ +39% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $166.24 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $205.54 | ↑ +72% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $211.58 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $223.67 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $226.69 | ↑ +90% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $249.36 | ↑ +109% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $325.00 | ↑ +173% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $339.00 | ↑ +184% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $357.00 | ↑ +200% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Blood split unit at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $103.42 | $18.14 – $249.36 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $112.72 | $17.55 – $249.36 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $68.28 | $17.55 – $249.36 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $112.31 | $18.14 – $249.36 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $45.65 | $18.14 – $249.36 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $130.49 | $18.90 – $226.69 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $120.39 | $18.14 – $249.36 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $60.60 | $18.14 – $249.36 |