Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$425.66
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.
$1,382.00
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 $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $483.70 | ↑ +14% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $596.28 | ↑ +40% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $596.28 | ↑ +40% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $596.28 | ↑ +40% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $596.28 | ↑ +40% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $596.28 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $596.28 | ↑ +40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $621.90 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $621.90 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $728.31 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $746.28 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $871.76 | ↑ +105% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $948.89 | ↑ +123% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $967.40 | ↑ +127% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $977.36 | ↑ +130% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $996.33 | ↑ +134% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $996.33 | ↑ +134% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,036.50 | ↑ +144% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,043.78 | ↑ +145% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $1,043.78 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,290.49 | ↑ +203% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,328.45 | ↑ +212% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,404.36 | ↑ +230% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,423.34 | ↑ +234% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,565.67 | ↑ +268% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,240.74 | ↑ +426% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $2,240.74 | ↑ +426% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,390.13 | ↑ +462% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,509.61 | ↑ +490% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,987.66 | ↑ +602% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,987.66 | ↑ +602% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $3,152.00 | ↑ +640% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $3,294.00 | ↑ +674% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,467.00 | ↑ +714% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +844% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +935% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +949% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +999% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +1194% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $494.76 | $596.28 – $1,565.67 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $572.09 | $551.60 – $1,565.67 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $830.55 | $551.60 – $1,565.67 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $489.23 | $483.70 – $1,565.67 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $533.45 | $483.70 – $1,423.34 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $534.83 | $483.70 – $1,565.67 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $424.27 | $483.70 – $1,565.67 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $262.58 | $483.70 – $1,423.34 |