Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$369.95
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.
$1,510.00
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.
$72.99 with Mercy Care vs $2,477.59 with United Healthcare — 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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $354.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $354.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $354.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $354.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $354.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $354.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $507.36 | ↑ +37% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $528.50 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $558.88 | ↑ +51% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $573.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $590.91 | ↑ +60% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $602.38 | ↑ +63% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $602.38 | ↑ +63% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $631.07 | ↑ +71% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $631.07 | ↑ +71% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $679.50 | ↑ +84% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $679.50 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $697.62 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $741.41 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $780.23 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $795.77 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $803.18 | ↑ +117% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $815.40 | ↑ +120% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $849.08 | ↑ +130% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $860.55 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $871.27 | ↑ +136% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $946.61 | ↑ +156% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $992.07 | ↑ +168% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,037.37 | ↑ +180% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,057.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,132.50 | ↑ +206% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,436.54 | ↑ +288% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,436.54 | ↑ +288% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,532.31 | ↑ +314% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,608.91 | ↑ +335% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,915.38 | ↑ +418% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,915.38 | ↑ +418% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,100.33 | ↑ +468% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,288.79 | ↑ +519% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,477.59 | ↑ +570% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $383.03 | $217.98 – $1,198.89 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $599.47 | $354.82 – $1,132.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $315.52 | $354.82 – $946.61 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $474.14 | $354.82 – $1,132.50 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $297.47 | $354.82 – $1,132.50 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $422.80 | $354.82 – $1,132.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $318.61 | $354.82 – $1,132.50 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $436.39 | $354.82 – $1,132.50 |