Change g-tube to g-j perc 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

$631.09

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.

$2,049.00

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 $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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 ↓ -88%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $717.15 ↑ +14%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $922.05 ↑ +46%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $922.05 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,079.82 ↑ +71%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,106.46 ↑ +75%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +85%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +87%
Health Net Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +87%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +87%
Mercy Care Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +87%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,178.14 ↑ +87%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $1,178.14 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,271.44 ↑ +101%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,434.30 ↑ +127%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,536.75 ↑ +144%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +220%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,082.51 ↑ +230%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $2,122.94 ↑ +236%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2,122.94 ↑ +236%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $2,224.03 ↑ +252%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,224.03 ↑ +252%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,749.72 ↑ +336%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,830.59 ↑ +349%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,992.34 ↑ +374%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $3,032.78 ↑ +381%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $3,268.08 ↑ +418%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08 ↑ +418%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $3,336.05 ↑ +429%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96 ↑ +452%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23 ↑ +480%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +537%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45 ↑ +590%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45 ↑ +590%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +598%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +607%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4,640.00 ↑ +635%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +642%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4,850.00 ↑ +669%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,105.00 ↑ +709%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +772%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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