Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$488.39
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.
$1,857.00
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 $1,466.40 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 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $242.65 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $242.65 | ↓ -50% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $242.65 | ↓ -50% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $242.65 | ↓ -50% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $242.65 | ↓ -50% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $242.65 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $364.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $375.88 | ↓ -23% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $383.18 | ↓ -22% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $383.18 | ↓ -22% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $401.42 | ↓ -18% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $401.42 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $427.87 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $496.30 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $510.90 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $540.10 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $547.39 | ↑ +12% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $602.13 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $623.95 | ↑ +28% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $649.95 | ↑ +33% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $835.65 | ↑ +71% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $835.65 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $846.79 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $898.79 | ↑ +84% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $900.64 | ↑ +84% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $941.50 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $978.64 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $991.64 | ↑ +103% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,002.78 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,017.64 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,058.49 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,064.06 | ↑ +118% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,099.80 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,099.80 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,173.12 | ↑ +140% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,231.76 | ↑ +152% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,299.90 | ↑ +166% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,392.75 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,466.40 | ↑ +200% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,466.40 | ↑ +200% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $566.28 | $242.65 – $1,485.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,470.00 | $242.65 – $4,000.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $403.44 | $242.65 – $1,312.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $475.73 | $242.65 – $1,351.50 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $492.00 | $242.65 – $1,230.00 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $3,676.75 | $248.72 – $7,603.75 |