Bronchial challenge at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$28.11
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.
$803.00
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.
$71.65 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $602.25 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.
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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $71.65 | ↑ +155% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $184.17 | ↑ +555% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $184.17 | ↑ +555% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +582% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +582% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +582% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +582% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $191.73 | ↑ +582% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $191.73 | ↑ +582% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $196.44 | ↑ +599% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $206.27 | ↑ +634% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $245.56 | ↑ +774% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $245.56 | ↑ +774% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $269.81 | ↑ +860% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $281.05 | ↑ +900% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1081% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $341.86 | ↑ +1116% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $348.50 | ↑ +1140% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $348.50 | ↑ +1140% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $361.35 | ↑ +1185% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $361.35 | ↑ +1185% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $365.09 | ↑ +1199% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $365.09 | ↑ +1199% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $370.99 | ↑ +1220% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $389.45 | ↑ +1285% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $394.27 | ↑ +1303% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $407.12 | ↑ +1348% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $423.18 | ↑ +1405% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $428.80 | ↑ +1425% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $433.62 | ↑ +1443% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $451.38 | ↑ +1506% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $463.33 | ↑ +1548% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $464.66 | ↑ +1553% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $491.21 | ↑ +1647% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $497.85 | ↑ +1671% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $527.57 | ↑ +1777% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $547.63 | ↑ +1848% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $551.66 | ↑ +1863% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $562.10 | ↑ +1900% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $602.25 | ↑ +2042% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Bronchial challenge at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $283.46 | $71.65 – $602.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $88.32 | $149.50 – $547.63 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $122.36 | $110.67 – $547.63 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $211.19 | $184.17 – $602.25 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $556.48 | $184.17 – $602.25 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $97.16 | $184.17 – $602.25 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $148.56 | $184.17 – $602.25 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $216.81 | $184.17 – $602.25 |