Calcium 24 hour urine 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

$12.17

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.

$77.00

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.

$6.03 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 $6.03 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $6.03 ↓ -50%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $6.03 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $6.03 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $6.03 ↓ -50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $6.03 ↓ -50%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $6.03 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $6.03 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid $6.03 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Medicaid $6.03 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $6.03 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6.21 ↓ -49%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $6.33 ↓ -48%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $6.33 ↓ -48%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $6.63 ↓ -46%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.63 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $8.06 ↓ -34%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $8.20 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $8.44 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $8.92 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $9.04 ↓ -26%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $9.95 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $10.58 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $11.15 ↓ -8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $11.76 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare UHC Core $12.33 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial $13.57 ↑ +12%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $18.82 ↑ +55%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $19.60 ↑ +61%
Aetna Joint Venture $20.25 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $20.72 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $20.72 ↑ +70%
Aetna Designated Group $21.52 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $22.10 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $23.20 ↑ +91%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $25.20 ↑ +107%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $25.20 ↑ +107%
Aetna Broad Network $25.31 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $27.62 ↑ +127%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $27.62 ↑ +127%
Aetna Medical Rental $29.51 ↑ +142%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $30.24 ↑ +148%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $39.20 ↑ +222%
Provider Network of America Commercial $42.00 ↑ +245%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +500%

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Calcium 24 hour urine at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $41.33 $3.38 – $18.58
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $12.32 $6.03 – $42.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $12.47 $6.03 – $44.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $12.01 $6.03 – $44.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $9.78 $6.03 – $42.00
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $32.81 $6.03 – $39.20
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $11.63 $6.03 – $44.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $8.70 $6.03 – $42.00

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