Calcium ionized at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$25.12
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.
$159.00
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.
$13.68 with Wellpoint vs $114.75 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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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $14.09 | ↓ -44% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $14.36 | ↓ -43% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $14.36 | ↓ -43% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $15.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $15.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $18.29 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $18.60 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $19.15 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $20.25 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $20.52 | ↓ -18% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $22.57 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $24.00 | ↓ -4% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $25.30 | ↑ +1% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $26.67 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $27.97 | ↑ +11% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $30.78 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $45.94 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $47.01 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $47.01 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $48.81 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $50.15 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $51.41 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $52.65 | ↑ +110% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $53.55 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $57.43 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $62.68 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $62.68 | ↑ +150% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $68.85 | ↑ +174% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $68.85 | ↑ +174% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +191% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $80.63 | ↑ +221% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $82.62 | ↑ +229% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $107.10 | ↑ +326% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $114.75 | ↑ +357% |
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Calcium ionized at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $66.92 | $7.67 – $42.14 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $25.44 | $13.68 – $111.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $26.57 | $13.68 – $78.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $25.58 | $13.68 – $78.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $20.19 | $13.68 – $111.75 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $90.23 | $13.68 – $107.80 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $24.01 | $13.68 – $119.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $17.40 | $13.68 – $115.50 |