Echo guide for transfusion at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$257.51
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.
$622.00
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.
$67.27 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $466.50 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 | $67.27 | ↓ -74% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $124.40 | ↓ -52% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $147.41 | ↓ -43% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $147.41 | ↓ -43% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $147.41 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $147.41 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $147.41 | ↓ -43% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $147.41 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $157.99 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $172.91 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $172.91 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $184.44 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $186.60 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $193.66 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $208.99 | ↓ -19% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $217.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $230.55 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $230.55 | ↓ -10% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $248.80 | ↓ -3% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $279.90 | ↑ +9% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $279.90 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $287.36 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $305.40 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $311.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $311.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $327.79 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $335.88 | ↑ +30% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $335.88 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $358.89 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $408.65 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $427.31 | ↑ +66% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $435.40 | ↑ +69% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $466.50 | ↑ +81% |
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Echo guide for transfusion at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $269.95 | $124.40 – $466.50 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $261.24 | $124.40 – $466.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $247.56 | $124.40 – $466.50 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $215.21 | $124.40 – $466.50 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $110.72 | $109.16 – $466.50 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $251.33 | $97.10 – $367.20 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $694.10 | $73.89 – $1,435.43 |