Bur rotalink 2.15mm 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

$2,944.03

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.

$17,524.00

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.

$72.99 with Mercy Care vs $10,382.83 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.

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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
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $977.00 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,157.74 ↓ -61%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,157.74 ↓ -61%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,157.74 ↓ -61%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $1,157.74 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care Medicaid $1,157.74 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid $1,157.74 ↓ -61%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,240.79 ↓ -58%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,465.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,641.36 ↓ -44%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,709.75 ↓ -42%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1,954.00 ↓ -34%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $2,198.25 ↓ -25%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $2,198.25 ↓ -25%
Aetna Joint Venture $2,256.87 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,369.22 ↓ -20%
Aetna Designated Group $2,398.53 ↓ -19%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,442.50 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,442.50 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,476.70 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,574.39 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,608.59 ↓ -11%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,637.90 ↓ -10%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,637.90 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $2,818.64 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,029.56 ↑ +3%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $3,209.45 ↑ +9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $3,355.99 ↑ +14%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,419.50 ↑ +16%
Provider Network of America Commercial $3,663.75 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $7,787.12 ↑ +165%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $7,787.12 ↑ +165%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $8,306.26 ↑ +182%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $8,721.51 ↑ +196%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $10,382.83 ↑ +253%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $10,382.83 ↑ +253%

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Bur rotalink 2.15mm at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $10,811.70 $979.02 – $5,785.80
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $3,767.66 $977.00 – $3,663.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $3,557.37 $977.00 – $6,643.63
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $3,697.56 $977.00 – $4,679.35
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $4,083.09 $977.00 – $7,787.12
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $2,733.74 $977.00 – $5,946.01
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $3,487.28 $977.00 – $4,560.31
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $4,074.02 $977.00 – $3,908.00

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