Culture fungi other (except blood) at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$19.73
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.
$78.00
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.
$8.41 with Aetna 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $8.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $8.66 | ↓ -56% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $8.83 | ↓ -55% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $8.83 | ↓ -55% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $9.25 | ↓ -53% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $9.25 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $11.24 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $11.44 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $11.77 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $12.45 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $12.62 | ↓ -36% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $13.88 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $14.77 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $15.56 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $16.41 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $17.20 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $18.93 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $20.16 | ↑ +2% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $21.00 | ↑ +6% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $27.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $27.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $28.24 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $28.90 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $28.90 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $30.01 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $30.82 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $31.62 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $32.36 | ↑ +64% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $32.40 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $35.31 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $38.53 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $38.53 | ↑ +95% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $42.00 | ↑ +113% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $45.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +270% |
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Culture fungi other (except blood) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $154.74 | $4.71 – $25.91 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $17.24 | $8.41 – $45.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $18.25 | $8.41 – $48.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $13.03 | $8.41 – $48.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $17.39 | $8.41 – $45.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $16.02 | $8.41 – $48.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $16.15 | $8.41 – $45.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $15.68 | $8.41 – $48.00 |