Brachy source i-125 injection 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

$117.04

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.

$445.00

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.

$27.12 with Banner University Health Plan vs $333.75 with Provider Network of America — 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $27.12 ↓ -77%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $27.12 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid $27.12 ↓ -77%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $27.12 ↓ -77%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $27.12 ↓ -77%
Mercy Care Medicaid $27.12 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $39.48 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $39.48 ↓ -66%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $39.48 ↓ -66%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $39.48 ↓ -66%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $39.48 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $39.48 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Advantage $40.66 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $41.45 ↓ -65%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $41.45 ↓ -65%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $43.43 ↓ -63%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $43.43 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $51.32 ↓ -56%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $53.69 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $55.27 ↓ -53%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $58.43 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $59.22 ↓ -49%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $65.14 ↓ -44%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $131.91 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $131.91 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $140.70 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $147.73 ↑ +26%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $149.52 ↑ +28%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $155.75 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $175.87 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $175.87 ↑ +50%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $200.25 ↑ +71%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $200.25 ↑ +71%
Aetna Joint Venture $202.92 ↑ +73%
Aetna Designated Group $215.38 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $215.82 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare UHC Core $225.62 ↑ +93%
Aetna Medical Rental $234.51 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare Commercial $237.63 ↑ +103%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $240.30 ↑ +105%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $243.86 ↑ +108%
Aetna Broad Network $253.65 ↑ +117%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $254.99 ↑ +118%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $311.50 ↑ +166%
Provider Network of America Commercial $333.75 ↑ +185%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Brachy source i-125 injection at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $53.14 $27.80 – $166.32
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $127.27 $27.12 – $333.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $76.44 $27.12 – $208.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $109.47 $27.12 – $356.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $115.70 $27.12 – $356.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $117.48 $27.12 – $333.75
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $133.50 $27.12 – $333.75
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $57.89 $27.80 – $181.44

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