CT limited or localized follow-up study at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$113.68
Cash price 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.
$586.00
Gross charge 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.
$58.65 with Health Net vs $1,126.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Net | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -48% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -48% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -48% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $58.65 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -48% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $58.65 | ↓ -48% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $96.67 | ↓ -15% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $98.54 | ↓ -13% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $98.54 | ↓ -13% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $103.23 | ↓ -9% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $103.23 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $127.64 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $131.39 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $138.90 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $140.78 | ↑ +24% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $154.85 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $184.07 | ↑ +62% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $205.10 | ↑ +80% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $263.70 | ↑ +132% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $263.70 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $270.73 | ↑ +138% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $287.73 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $308.82 | ↑ +172% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $316.44 | ↑ +178% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $338.12 | ↑ +197% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $341.00 | ↑ +200% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $347.17 | ↑ +205% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $378.33 | ↑ +233% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $409.57 | ↑ +260% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $410.20 | ↑ +261% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $439.50 | ↑ +287% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $473.14 | ↑ +316% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $473.14 | ↑ +316% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $504.68 | ↑ +344% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $529.91 | ↑ +366% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $630.85 | ↑ +455% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $630.85 | ↑ +455% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,013.00 | ↑ +791% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,126.00 | ↑ +890% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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CT limited or localized follow-up study at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $149.57 | $70.98 – $507.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $100.21 | $58.65 – $439.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $103.79 | $58.65 – $399.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $72.35 | $58.65 – $399.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $95.52 | $58.65 – $1,013.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $89.07 | $58.65 – $468.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $87.31 | $58.65 – $439.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $86.73 | $58.65 – $468.80 |