#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell 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

$26.82

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.

$106.00

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.

$19.56 with Wellpoint vs $89.61 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $19.56 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $19.56 ↓ -27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $19.56 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $19.56 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $19.56 ↓ -27%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $19.56 ↓ -27%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $19.56 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $19.56 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicaid $19.56 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Medicaid $19.56 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $19.56 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.56 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage $20.15 ↓ -25%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $20.54 ↓ -23%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $20.54 ↓ -23%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $21.50 ↓ -20%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $21.52 ↓ -20%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $21.52 ↓ -20%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $22.40 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $26.15 ↓ -2%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $26.60 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $27.38 ↑ +2%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $28.80 ↑ +7%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $28.80 ↑ +7%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $28.95 ↑ +8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $29.34 ↑ +9%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $32.27 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medical Rental $33.73 ↑ +26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $34.32 ↑ +28%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $34.56 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $36.18 ↑ +35%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $38.13 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare UHC Core $40.00 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare Commercial $44.01 ↑ +64%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $44.80 ↑ +67%
Provider Network of America Commercial $48.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna Joint Venture $65.68 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $67.21 ↑ +151%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $67.21 ↑ +151%
Aetna Designated Group $69.79 ↑ +160%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $71.69 ↑ +167%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +172%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $75.27 ↑ +181%
Aetna Broad Network $82.11 ↑ +206%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $89.61 ↑ +234%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $89.61 ↑ +234%

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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $24.60 $10.92 – $60.06
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $23.43 $19.56 – $48.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $24.80 $19.56 – $51.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $17.70 $19.56 – $51.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $23.64 $19.56 – $48.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $19.29 $19.56 – $51.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $21.94 $19.56 – $48.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $21.31 $19.56 – $51.20

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