Culture bacteria anaerobic at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$7.34
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.
$29.00
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.
$9.66 with Care 1st vs $72.99 with Mercy Care — 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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| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $9.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $9.74 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $9.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $10.14 | ↑ +38% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $10.14 | ↑ +38% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $10.15 | ↑ +38% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $10.63 | ↑ +45% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $10.63 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $12.92 | ↑ +76% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $13.05 | ↑ +78% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $13.05 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $13.14 | ↑ +79% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $13.52 | ↑ +84% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $14.30 | ↑ +95% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $14.49 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $15.28 | ↑ +108% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $15.66 | ↑ +113% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $15.94 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $16.96 | ↑ +131% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $17.87 | ↑ +143% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $18.84 | ↑ +157% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $19.75 | ↑ +169% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $20.30 | ↑ +177% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $21.73 | ↑ +196% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $21.75 | ↑ +196% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $32.44 | ↑ +342% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $33.20 | ↑ +352% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $33.20 | ↑ +352% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $34.47 | ↑ +370% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $35.41 | ↑ +382% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $37.18 | ↑ +407% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $40.55 | ↑ +452% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $44.27 | ↑ +503% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $44.27 | ↑ +503% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +894% |
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Culture bacteria anaerobic at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $6.41 | $9.66 – $21.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $6.79 | $9.66 – $23.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $4.84 | $9.66 – $23.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $6.47 | $9.66 – $21.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $5.28 | $9.66 – $23.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $6.00 | $9.66 – $21.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $5.83 | $9.66 – $23.20 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $7.08 | $9.66 – $21.75 |