External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$258.52

Cash price

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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.

$1,319.00

Gross charge

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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 $989.25 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -72%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $143.75 ↓ -44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $143.75 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid $143.75 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $143.75 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $143.75 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $143.75 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
Mercy Care Medicaid $143.75 ↓ -44%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $143.75 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $143.75 ↓ -44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $143.75 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $143.75 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare Advantage $148.06 ↓ -43%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $150.94 ↓ -42%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $150.94 ↓ -42%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $158.12 ↓ -39%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $158.12 ↓ -39%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $195.50 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $201.25 ↓ -22%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $212.75 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $215.62 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $217.73 ↓ -16%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $237.19 ↓ -8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $252.29 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $265.88 ↑ +3%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $280.32 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare UHC Core $293.95 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Commercial $323.44 ↑ +25%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $443.18 ↑ +71%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $461.65 ↑ +79%
Aetna Joint Venture $482.71 ↑ +87%
Aetna Designated Group $512.90 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $559.64 ↑ +116%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $559.64 ↑ +116%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $593.55 ↑ +130%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $593.55 ↑ +130%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $596.95 ↑ +131%
Aetna Broad Network $603.46 ↑ +133%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $626.79 ↑ +142%
Aetna Medical Rental $695.11 ↑ +169%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $712.26 ↑ +176%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $746.19 ↑ +189%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $746.19 ↑ +189%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $923.30 ↑ +257%
Provider Network of America Commercial $989.25 ↑ +283%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $141.45 $80.50 – $442.75
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $325.79 $143.75 – $989.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $144.55 $143.75 – $345.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $139.24 $143.75 – $345.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $280.95 $143.75 – $989.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $284.90 $143.75 – $345.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $237.42 $143.75 – $324.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $271.71 $143.75 – $345.60

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