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Drainage of kidney lesion at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$470.93
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.
$1,529.00
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 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $203.80 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $258.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $305.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $356.65 | ↓ -24% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $407.60 | ↓ -13% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $450.93 | ↓ -4% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $450.93 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $450.93 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $450.93 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $450.93 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $450.93 | ↓ -4% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $458.55 | ↓ -3% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $458.55 | ↓ -3% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $509.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $509.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $537.01 | ↑ +14% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $550.26 | ↑ +17% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $550.26 | ↑ +17% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $713.30 | ↑ +51% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $764.25 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $949.44 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +148% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,440.42 | ↑ +418% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $2,440.42 | ↑ +418% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,603.12 | ↑ +453% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,733.25 | ↑ +480% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $3,152.00 | ↑ +569% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $3,253.90 | ↑ +591% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $3,253.90 | ↑ +591% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $3,294.00 | ↑ +599% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,467.00 | ↑ +636% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +753% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +835% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +848% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +894% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +1069% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Drainage of kidney lesion at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $547.38 | $203.80 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $520.54 | $191.20 – $3,036.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $755.72 | $191.20 – $3,036.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $522.92 | $203.80 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $441.88 | $203.80 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $423.53 | $203.80 – $2,746.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $487.75 | $203.80 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $541.27 | $203.80 – $4,018.00 |