Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct 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

$210.50

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.

$716.00

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 $825.00 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.

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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 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $206.54 ↓ -2%
Mercy Care Medicaid $225.29 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicaid $225.29 ↑ +7%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $225.29 ↑ +7%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $225.29 ↑ +7%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $225.29 ↑ +7%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $225.29 ↑ +7%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $240.58 ↑ +14%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $250.60 ↑ +19%
Aetna Joint Venture $254.94 ↑ +21%
Aetna Designated Group $270.88 ↑ +29%
Aetna Broad Network $318.71 ↑ +51%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $322.20 ↑ +53%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $322.20 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $353.52 ↑ +68%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $353.52 ↑ +68%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $353.52 ↑ +68%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $353.52 ↑ +68%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $353.52 ↑ +68%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $364.13 ↑ +73%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $371.20 ↑ +76%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $371.20 ↑ +76%
Aetna Medical Rental $377.33 ↑ +79%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $386.64 ↑ +84%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $388.87 ↑ +85%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $388.87 ↑ +85%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $470.41 ↑ +123%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $480.79 ↑ +128%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $491.89 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $494.93 ↑ +135%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $501.20 ↑ +138%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $523.21 ↑ +149%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $530.28 ↑ +152%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $530.89 ↑ +152%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $530.89 ↑ +152%
Provider Network of America Commercial $537.00 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $566.28 ↑ +169%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $583.31 ↑ +177%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $594.59 ↑ +182%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $707.85 ↑ +236%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $707.85 ↑ +236%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $750.00 ↑ +256%
United Healthcare UHC Core $784.00 ↑ +272%
United Healthcare Commercial $825.00 ↑ +292%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $330.14 $78.82 – $433.51
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $239.14 $206.54 – $583.31
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $445.89 $111.91 – $1,064.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $376.62 $225.29 – $583.31
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $129.60 $225.29 – $583.31
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $158.24 $111.91 – $537.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $190.58 $206.54 – $583.31
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $436.76 $225.29 – $583.31

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