C-reactive protein high sensitivity 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

$19.52

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.

$131.00

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.

$12.95 with Wellpoint vs $72.99 with Mercy Care — 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $12.95 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $12.95 ↓ -34%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $12.95 ↓ -34%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $12.95 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $12.95 ↓ -34%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $12.95 ↓ -34%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $12.95 ↓ -34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $12.95 ↓ -34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicaid $12.95 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
Mercy Care Medicaid $12.95 ↓ -34%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $12.95 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.34 ↓ -32%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $13.60 ↓ -30%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $13.60 ↓ -30%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.24 ↓ -27%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $14.24 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $17.31 ↓ -11%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $17.61 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $18.13 ↓ -7%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $19.15 ↓ -2%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $19.17 ↓ -2%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $19.43 ↓ -0%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $19.95 ↑ +2%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $21.37 ↑ +9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $22.73 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $23.95 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $25.26 ↑ +29%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $25.65 ↑ +31%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $25.65 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare UHC Core $26.48 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Commercial $29.14 ↑ +49%
Aetna Medical Rental $30.04 ↑ +54%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $30.78 ↑ +58%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $39.90 ↑ +104%
Provider Network of America Commercial $42.75 ↑ +119%
Aetna Joint Venture $43.49 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $44.50 ↑ +128%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $44.50 ↑ +128%
Aetna Designated Group $46.21 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $47.47 ↑ +143%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $49.84 ↑ +155%
Aetna Broad Network $54.36 ↑ +178%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $59.34 ↑ +204%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $59.34 ↑ +204%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +274%

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C-reactive protein high sensitivity at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $71.34 $12.95 – $223.30
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $24.89 $12.95 – $42.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $28.16 $12.95 – $45.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $17.82 $12.95 – $45.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $22.01 $12.95 – $42.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $23.97 $12.95 – $45.60
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