Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min, other at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$165.64
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.
$505.00
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 $712.96 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 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $101.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $119.69 | ↓ -28% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $119.69 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $119.69 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $119.69 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $128.27 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $151.50 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $169.68 | ↑ +2% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $176.75 | ↑ +7% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $202.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $208.03 | ↑ +26% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $227.25 | ↑ +37% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $227.25 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $233.31 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $244.93 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $247.96 | ↑ +50% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $252.50 | ↑ +52% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $252.50 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $256.04 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $266.13 | ↑ +61% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $269.67 | ↑ +63% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $272.70 | ↑ +65% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $272.70 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $291.38 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $331.79 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $346.94 | ↑ +109% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $353.50 | ↑ +113% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $378.75 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $534.72 | ↑ +223% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $534.72 | ↑ +223% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $570.37 | ↑ +244% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $598.88 | ↑ +262% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $712.96 | ↑ +330% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $712.96 | ↑ +330% |
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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min, other at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $105.78 | $60.06 – $397.29 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $161.60 | $101.00 – $378.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $213.85 | $130.00 – $520.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $194.35 | $130.00 – $520.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $144.43 | $101.00 – $534.72 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $139.38 | $101.00 – $378.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $147.46 | $101.00 – $404.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $170.18 | $101.00 – $534.72 |