Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review 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

$29.99

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.

$153.00

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.

$26.61 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $164.46 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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $26.61 ↓ -11%
Mercy Care Medicaid $26.61 ↓ -11%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $26.61 ↓ -11%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $26.61 ↓ -11%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $26.61 ↓ -11%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $26.61 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $26.61 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicaid $26.61 ↓ -11%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $26.61 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $26.61 ↓ -11%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $26.61 ↓ -11%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare Advantage $27.41 ↓ -9%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $27.94 ↓ -7%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $27.94 ↓ -7%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $29.27 ↓ -2%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $29.27 ↓ -2%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $36.19 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $37.25 ↑ +24%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $39.38 ↑ +31%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $39.91 ↑ +33%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $43.91 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $46.71 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $47.99 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $49.22 ↑ +64%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $51.41 ↑ +71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $51.90 ↑ +73%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $53.55 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare UHC Core $54.41 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Commercial $59.88 ↑ +100%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $68.85 ↑ +130%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $68.85 ↑ +130%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +143%
Aetna Medical Rental $80.63 ↑ +169%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $82.62 ↑ +175%
Aetna Joint Venture $89.36 ↑ +198%
Aetna Designated Group $94.94 ↑ +217%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $107.10 ↑ +257%
Aetna Broad Network $111.71 ↑ +272%
Provider Network of America Commercial $114.75 ↑ +283%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $123.35 ↑ +311%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $123.35 ↑ +311%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $131.57 ↑ +339%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $138.15 ↑ +361%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $164.46 ↑ +448%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $164.46 ↑ +448%

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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $37.79 $26.61 – $114.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $31.85 $26.61 – $104.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $30.68 $26.61 – $104.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $32.59 $26.61 – $114.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $33.05 $26.61 – $122.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $27.54 $26.61 – $114.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $31.52 $26.61 – $122.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $42.69 $26.61 – $114.75

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