Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded 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

$145.44

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.

$553.00

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.

$50.39 with Banner University Health Plan vs $414.75 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 University Family Plan $50.39 ↓ -65%
Mercy Care Medicaid $50.39 ↓ -65%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $50.39 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid $50.39 ↓ -65%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $50.39 ↓ -65%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $50.39 ↓ -65%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $74.28 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $85.02 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $85.02 ↓ -42%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $85.02 ↓ -42%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $85.02 ↓ -42%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $85.02 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare Advantage $87.57 ↓ -40%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $89.27 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $89.27 ↓ -39%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.52 ↓ -36%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $93.52 ↓ -36%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $115.63 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $119.03 ↓ -18%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $125.83 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $127.53 ↓ -12%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $140.28 ↓ -4%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $185.81 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $190.93 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $190.93 ↑ +31%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $193.55 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $203.66 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $213.84 ↑ +47%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $248.85 ↑ +71%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $248.85 ↑ +71%
Aetna Joint Venture $252.17 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $254.57 ↑ +75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $254.57 ↑ +75%
Aetna Designated Group $267.65 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $268.20 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare UHC Core $280.37 ↑ +93%
Aetna Medical Rental $291.43 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare Commercial $295.30 ↑ +103%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $298.62 ↑ +105%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $303.04 ↑ +108%
Aetna Broad Network $315.21 ↑ +117%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $316.87 ↑ +118%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $387.10 ↑ +166%
Provider Network of America Commercial $414.75 ↑ +185%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $125.71 $51.65 – $393.47
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $98.96 $50.39 – $193.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $38.22 $42.25 – $140.28
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $81.18 $50.39 – $264.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $58.80 $50.39 – $180.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $64.42 $50.39 – $183.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $99.00 $50.39 – $247.50
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $136.95 $51.65 – $429.24

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