Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$1,778.70
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.
$5,775.00
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 $9,299.00 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% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $770.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $807.02 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $977.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,155.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,271.93 | ↓ -28% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,347.50 | ↓ -24% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $1,540.00 | ↓ -13% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,732.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,732.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,925.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,925.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2,028.95 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $2,074.36 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,074.36 | ↑ +17% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2,079.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $2,079.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,212.65 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,323.26 | ↑ +31% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,695.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,765.81 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,765.81 | ↑ +55% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,887.50 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +148% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +163% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $5,307.00 | ↑ +198% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +210% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $5,546.00 | ↑ +212% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5,838.00 | ↑ +228% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $8,369.00 | ↑ +371% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $9,299.00 | ↑ +423% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,609.18 | $591.00 – $7,674.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $2,372.17 | $591.00 – $7,674.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,975.05 | $770.00 – $8,369.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $2,044.35 | $770.00 – $2,887.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $2,234.93 | $770.00 – $8,369.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $1,634.32 | $770.00 – $8,369.00 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $320.55 | $202.05 – $457.92 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $202.05 – $2,081.30 |