Chemo ia push tecnique 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

$133.48

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.

$454.00

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 $845.07 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 ↓ -45%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $152.54 ↑ +14%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $158.90 ↑ +19%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $204.30 ↑ +53%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $204.30 ↑ +53%
Health Net Medicaid $225.29 ↑ +69%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $225.29 ↑ +69%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $225.29 ↑ +69%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $225.29 ↑ +69%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $225.29 ↑ +69%
Mercy Care Medicaid $225.29 ↑ +69%
Aetna Medical Rental $239.26 ↑ +79%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $245.16 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $246.58 ↑ +85%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $298.28 ↑ +123%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $311.90 ↑ +134%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $317.80 ↑ +138%
Provider Network of America Commercial $340.50 ↑ +155%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $353.52 ↑ +165%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $353.52 ↑ +165%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $353.52 ↑ +165%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $353.52 ↑ +165%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $353.52 ↑ +165%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↑ +165%
Aetna Joint Venture $353.73 ↑ +165%
Humana Medicare Advantage $364.13 ↑ +173%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $371.20 ↑ +178%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $371.20 ↑ +178%
Aetna Designated Group $375.85 ↑ +182%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $388.87 ↑ +191%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $388.87 ↑ +191%
Aetna Broad Network $442.22 ↑ +231%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $480.79 ↑ +260%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $494.93 ↑ +271%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $523.21 ↑ +292%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $530.28 ↑ +297%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $583.31 ↑ +337%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $633.80 ↑ +375%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $633.80 ↑ +375%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $676.05 ↑ +406%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $709.85 ↑ +432%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $750.00 ↑ +462%
United Healthcare UHC Core $784.00 ↑ +487%
United Healthcare Commercial $825.00 ↑ +518%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $845.07 ↑ +533%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $845.07 ↑ +533%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Chemo ia push tecnique at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $334.32 $106.57 – $1,046.43
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $151.64 $152.54 – $583.31
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $306.53 $155.27 – $732.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $82.17 $152.54 – $583.31
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $100.33 $155.27 – $530.28
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $120.84 $152.54 – $583.31
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $276.94 $152.54 – $583.31
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $135.86 $152.54 – $583.31

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