Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$58.65
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.
$263.00
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.
$52.60 with Aetna vs $315.99 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.
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 | $52.60 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $66.80 | ↑ +14% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +24% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $78.90 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $81.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $92.05 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $92.20 | ↑ +57% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $103.14 | ↑ +76% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $103.14 | ↑ +76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $103.14 | ↑ +76% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $103.14 | ↑ +76% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $103.14 | ↑ +76% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $103.14 | ↑ +76% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $105.20 | ↑ +79% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $118.35 | ↑ +102% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $118.35 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $121.51 | ↑ +107% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $127.56 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $129.13 | ↑ +120% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $131.50 | ↑ +124% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $131.50 | ↑ +124% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $133.34 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $138.60 | ↑ +136% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $140.44 | ↑ +139% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $142.02 | ↑ +142% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $142.02 | ↑ +142% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $151.75 | ↑ +159% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $172.79 | ↑ +195% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $180.68 | ↑ +208% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $184.10 | ↑ +214% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $197.25 | ↑ +236% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $237.00 | ↑ +304% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $237.00 | ↑ +304% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $252.79 | ↑ +331% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $265.43 | ↑ +353% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $315.99 | ↑ +439% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $315.99 | ↑ +439% |
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Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $164.33 | $25.75 – $514.36 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $136.23 | $52.60 – $197.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $56.22 | $41.80 – $268.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $37.20 | $41.80 – $268.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $100.99 | $52.60 – $237.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $63.43 | $52.60 – $210.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $118.35 | $52.60 – $197.25 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $37.87 | $52.60 – $241.00 |