Dcm pq ndl dsk sgl/mlt lv lmbr w/guide at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$1,777.47
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.
$5,771.00
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 $16,820.00 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 | ↓ -96% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $2,019.85 | ↑ +14% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $2,081.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $2,143.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $2,185.36 | ↑ +23% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $2,185.36 | ↑ +23% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $2,289.43 | ↑ +29% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,289.43 | ↑ +29% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,596.95 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,596.95 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $2,830.57 | ↑ +59% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $2,913.82 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $3,041.32 | ↑ +71% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $3,080.32 | ↑ +73% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $3,116.34 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $3,121.95 | ↑ +76% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $3,434.14 | ↑ +93% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $3,818.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $4,039.70 | ↑ +127% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $4,328.25 | ↑ +144% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $5,849.00 | ↑ +229% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $6,560.00 | ↑ +269% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $6,856.00 | ↑ +286% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $7,217.00 | ↑ +306% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $7,543.00 | ↑ +324% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $8,015.00 | ↑ +351% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $9,429.00 | ↑ +430% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $9,813.71 | ↑ +452% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $9,813.71 | ↑ +452% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $10,467.96 | ↑ +489% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $10,991.27 | ↑ +518% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $13,084.95 | ↑ +636% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $13,084.95 | ↑ +636% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $15,138.00 | ↑ +752% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $16,820.00 | ↑ +846% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Dcm pq ndl dsk sgl/mlt lv lmbr w/guide at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $2,042.93 | $1,271.93 – $4,328.25 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $2,233.38 | $1,271.93 – $4,328.25 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $634.77 – $2,081.30 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $634.77 – $2,143.74 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | not published | $634.77 – $2,143.74 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | not published | $634.77 – $2,206.18 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $634.77 – $2,143.74 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | not published | $575.72 – $590.12 |