Ghs hgb stability-thal 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

$19.91

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.

$126.00

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.

$9.47 with Aetna vs $94.50 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $9.47 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $9.47 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid $9.47 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $9.47 ↓ -52%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $9.47 ↓ -52%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $9.47 ↓ -52%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
Mercy Care Medicaid $9.47 ↓ -52%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.47 ↓ -52%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.47 ↓ -52%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $9.47 ↓ -52%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -52%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $9.47 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.75 ↓ -51%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $9.94 ↓ -50%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $9.94 ↓ -50%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $10.42 ↓ -48%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.42 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $12.66 ↓ -36%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $12.88 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $13.26 ↓ -33%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $14.02 ↓ -30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $14.21 ↓ -29%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $15.63 ↓ -21%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $16.63 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $17.52 ↓ -12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $18.48 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare UHC Core $19.36 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $21.32 ↑ +7%
Aetna Joint Venture $31.80 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $32.54 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $32.54 ↑ +63%
Aetna Designated Group $33.79 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $34.71 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $36.44 ↑ +83%
Aetna Broad Network $39.76 ↑ +100%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $42.34 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $43.39 ↑ +118%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $43.39 ↑ +118%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $44.10 ↑ +121%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $56.70 ↑ +185%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $56.70 ↑ +185%
Aetna Medical Rental $66.40 ↑ +234%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $68.04 ↑ +242%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +267%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $88.20 ↑ +343%
Provider Network of America Commercial $94.50 ↑ +375%

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Ghs hgb stability-thal at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $20.41 $9.47 – $100.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $19.66 $9.47 – $100.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $18.90 $9.47 – $94.50
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $20.92 $9.47 – $94.50
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $166.17 $3.98 – $343.65

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