Drug assay rufinamide at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$18.49
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.
$117.00
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.
$27.11 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $124.23 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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| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $27.11 | ↑ +47% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $27.92 | ↑ +51% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $28.47 | ↑ +54% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $28.47 | ↑ +54% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $29.82 | ↑ +61% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $29.82 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $36.25 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $36.87 | ↑ +99% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $37.95 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $39.31 | ↑ +113% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $40.12 | ↑ +117% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $40.66 | ↑ +120% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $40.95 | ↑ +121% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $44.73 | ↑ +142% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $47.57 | ↑ +157% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $50.14 | ↑ +171% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $52.65 | ↑ +185% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $52.65 | ↑ +185% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $52.86 | ↑ +186% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $55.44 | ↑ +200% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $61.01 | ↑ +230% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $61.66 | ↑ +233% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $63.18 | ↑ +242% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +295% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $81.90 | ↑ +343% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $87.75 | ↑ +375% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $91.04 | ↑ +392% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $93.17 | ↑ +404% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $93.17 | ↑ +404% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $96.73 | ↑ +423% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $99.38 | ↑ +437% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $104.35 | ↑ +464% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $113.81 | ↑ +516% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $124.23 | ↑ +572% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $124.23 | ↑ +572% |
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Drug assay rufinamide at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $18.95 | $27.11 – $93.60 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $17.55 | $27.11 – $87.75 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $89.77 | $11.39 – $185.65 |