Cath steerable flex adv 12f 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

$1,556.52

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.

$9,265.00

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 $2,782.46 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 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $282.60 ↓ -82%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $334.88 ↓ -78%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $334.88 ↓ -78%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $334.88 ↓ -78%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $334.88 ↓ -78%
Mercy Care Medicaid $334.88 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid $334.88 ↓ -78%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $358.90 ↓ -77%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $423.90 ↓ -73%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $474.77 ↓ -69%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $494.55 ↓ -68%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $565.20 ↓ -64%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $635.85 ↓ -59%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $635.85 ↓ -59%
Aetna Joint Venture $652.81 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $685.30 ↓ -56%
Aetna Designated Group $693.78 ↓ -55%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.50 ↓ -55%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $706.50 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare UHC Core $716.39 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medical Rental $744.65 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Commercial $754.54 ↓ -52%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $763.02 ↓ -51%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $763.02 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $811.88 ↓ -48%
Aetna Broad Network $815.30 ↓ -48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $928.34 ↓ -40%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $970.73 ↓ -38%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $989.10 ↓ -36%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,059.75 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,086.84 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2,086.84 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,225.97 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,337.25 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,782.46 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,782.46 ↑ +79%

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Cath steerable flex adv 12f at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $2,908.46 $149.94 – $1,071.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,991.97 $282.60 – $1,059.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,880.80 $282.60 – $1,780.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,954.91 $282.60 – $1,254.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $2,158.74 $282.60 – $2,086.84
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $1,445.34 $282.60 – $1,593.45
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $1,436.08 $282.60 – $1,130.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,436.08 $282.60 – $2,086.84

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