Exome sequence analysis at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$12,546.29
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.
$57,817.00
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 $62,290.92 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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -99% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $12,000.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $12,360.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $12,600.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $12,600.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $13,200.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $13,200.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $16,320.00 | ↑ +30% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $16,800.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $17,760.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $18,000.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $18,175.59 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $19,426.51 | ↑ +55% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $19,800.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $20,235.95 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $21,060.00 | ↑ +68% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $22,195.20 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $23,400.00 | ↑ +87% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $24,538.80 | ↑ +96% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $26,017.65 | ↑ +107% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $26,017.65 | ↑ +107% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $27,000.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $30,469.56 | ↑ +143% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $31,221.18 | ↑ +149% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $40,296.00 | ↑ +221% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $40,471.90 | ↑ +223% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $42,816.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $43,362.75 | ↑ +246% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $46,718.19 | ↑ +272% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $46,718.19 | ↑ +272% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $49,832.74 | ↑ +297% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $50,376.00 | ↑ +302% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $52,323.98 | ↑ +317% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $62,290.92 | ↑ +396% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $62,290.92 | ↑ +396% |
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Exome sequence analysis at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $8,748.00 | $12,000.00 – $28,800.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $25,439.48 | $12,000.00 – $43,362.75 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $2,842.08 | $1,413.60 – $7,440.00 |