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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$927.39
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.
$3,011.00
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 $6,483.00 with Aetna — 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 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $602.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $764.79 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $903.30 | ↓ -3% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,020.08 | ↑ +10% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $1,020.08 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +10% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +10% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +10% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,053.85 | ↑ +14% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $1,204.40 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,271.44 | ↑ +37% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,354.95 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,354.95 | ↑ +46% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,505.50 | ↑ +62% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,505.50 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,586.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,625.94 | ↑ +75% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,625.94 | ↑ +75% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,107.70 | ↑ +127% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,258.25 | ↑ +144% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2,633.00 | ↑ +184% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,268.08 | ↑ +252% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $3,268.08 | ↑ +252% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,485.96 | ↑ +276% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $3,660.23 | ↑ +295% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +333% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,357.45 | ↑ +370% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,357.45 | ↑ +370% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +381% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $4,640.00 | ↑ +400% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $4,850.00 | ↑ +423% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5,105.00 | ↑ +450% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $5,186.00 | ↑ +459% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $5,511.00 | ↑ +494% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $6,483.00 | ↑ +599% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,077.94 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $966.67 | $532.60 – $2,788.18 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,029.76 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $870.18 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $834.05 | $602.20 – $4,037.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $960.51 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,065.89 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,165.26 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |