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Echo guidance radiotherapy at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$481.07
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.
$1,162.00
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.
$43.17 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $871.50 with Provider Network of America — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $43.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $110.95 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $110.95 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $118.35 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $124.27 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $147.94 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $147.94 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $232.40 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $275.39 | ↓ -43% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $275.39 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $275.39 | ↓ -43% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $275.39 | ↓ -43% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $275.39 | ↓ -43% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $275.39 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $295.15 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $348.60 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $390.43 | ↓ -19% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $406.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $464.80 | ↓ -3% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $522.90 | ↑ +9% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $522.90 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $536.84 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $570.54 | ↑ +19% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $581.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $581.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $612.37 | ↑ +27% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $627.48 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $627.48 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $670.47 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $763.43 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $798.29 | ↑ +66% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $813.40 | ↑ +69% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $871.50 | ↑ +81% |
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Echo guidance radiotherapy at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $405.54 | $43.17 – $871.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $294.71 | $94.66 – $708.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $371.84 | $110.95 – $871.50 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $171.98 | $84.72 – $929.60 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $504.31 | $110.95 – $871.50 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $488.04 | $110.95 – $871.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $462.48 | $110.95 – $871.50 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $402.05 | $110.95 – $871.50 |