Dilate biliary duct/ampulla at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$1,471.32
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.
$4,777.00
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 $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $955.40 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,132.15 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,132.15 | ↓ -23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,132.15 | ↓ -23% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,132.15 | ↓ -23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $1,132.15 | ↓ -23% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $1,132.15 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,213.36 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,271.44 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,433.10 | ↓ -3% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,671.95 | ↑ +14% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $1,910.80 | ↑ +30% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,114.00 | ↑ +44% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,149.65 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,149.65 | ↑ +46% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,210.00 | ↑ +50% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,326.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $2,388.50 | ↑ +62% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $2,388.50 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2,517.48 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2,579.58 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $2,579.58 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,268.08 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $3,268.08 | ↑ +122% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $3,343.90 | ↑ +127% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,485.96 | ↑ +137% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $3,582.75 | ↑ +144% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $3,660.23 | ↑ +149% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,357.45 | ↑ +196% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,357.45 | ↑ +196% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +199% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +218% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +274% |
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Dilate biliary duct/ampulla at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,710.17 | $955.40 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,158.70 | $638.40 – $2,788.18 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $1,682.18 | $638.40 – $2,553.60 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,380.55 | $955.40 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1,323.23 | $955.40 – $3,582.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $1,523.86 | $955.40 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,691.06 | $955.40 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,848.70 | $955.40 – $4,018.00 |