Cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$895.66

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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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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$2,908.00

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 $16,820.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $949.44 ↑ +6%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,017.80 ↑ +14%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,308.60 ↑ +46%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,308.60 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,532.52 ↑ +71%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,570.32 ↑ +75%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,035.60 ↑ +127%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,181.00 ↑ +144%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $2,307.97 ↑ +158%
Health Net Medicaid $2,307.97 ↑ +158%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2,307.97 ↑ +158%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $2,307.97 ↑ +158%
Mercy Care Medicaid $2,307.97 ↑ +158%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $2,307.97 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2,440.42 ↑ +172%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +172%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +191%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2,633.00 ↑ +194%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +205%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +263%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +263%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +320%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,874.18 ↑ +333%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3,949.41 ↑ +341%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $3,949.41 ↑ +341%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $4,137.47 ↑ +362%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4,137.47 ↑ +362%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $5,115.42 ↑ +471%
Aetna Joint Venture $5,186.00 ↑ +479%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $5,265.88 ↑ +488%
Aetna Designated Group $5,511.00 ↑ +515%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $5,566.78 ↑ +522%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5,642.01 ↑ +530%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $6,206.21 ↑ +593%
Aetna Broad Network $6,483.00 ↑ +624%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $6,560.00 ↑ +632%
United Healthcare UHC Core $6,856.00 ↑ +665%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,217.00 ↑ +706%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $15,138.00 ↑ +1590%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $16,820.00 ↑ +1778%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $2,629.50 $216.00 – $8,230.53
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,041.06 $949.44 – $6,206.21
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,504.27 $1,450.40 – $6,206.21
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $2,183.89 $1,450.40 – $6,206.21
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $994.54 $1,017.80 – $15,138.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $840.41 $1,017.80 – $6,206.21
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $805.52 $1,017.80 – $5,642.01
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $927.65 $949.44 – $6,206.21

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