CT neck soft tissue without contrast at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$289.58
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.
$1,485.00
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.
$72.99 with Mercy Care 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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $79.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $79.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $79.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $79.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $79.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $79.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $116.74 | ↓ -60% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $119.01 | ↓ -59% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $119.01 | ↓ -59% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $124.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $124.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $154.14 | ↓ -47% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $158.68 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $167.74 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $170.01 | ↓ -41% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $187.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $194.47 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $341.00 | ↑ +18% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $467.28 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $499.86 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $499.86 | ↑ +73% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $509.21 | ↑ +76% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $519.75 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $533.18 | ↑ +84% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $551.65 | ↑ +91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $559.84 | ↑ +93% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $666.48 | ↑ +130% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $666.48 | ↑ +130% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $668.25 | ↑ +131% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $668.25 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $686.07 | ↑ +137% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $729.13 | ↑ +152% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $782.60 | ↑ +170% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $801.90 | ↑ +177% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $856.85 | ↑ +196% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,013.00 | ↑ +250% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,039.50 | ↑ +259% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,113.75 | ↑ +285% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,126.00 | ↑ +289% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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CT neck soft tissue without contrast at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $667.40 | $113.34 – $2,089.01 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $248.00 | $79.00 – $1,113.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $302.47 | $79.00 – $1,624.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $259.84 | $79.00 – $1,624.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $248.00 | $79.00 – $1,113.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $261.36 | $79.00 – $1,188.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $203.45 | $79.00 – $1,113.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $262.84 | $79.00 – $1,188.00 |