Ghs ot work hardening-additional hours 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

$33.52

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.

$222.00

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.

$44.40 with Aetna vs $265.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $44.40 ↑ +32%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $52.61 ↑ +57%
Health Net Medicaid $52.61 ↑ +57%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $52.61 ↑ +57%
Mercy Care Medicaid $52.61 ↑ +57%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $56.39 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $58.88 ↑ +76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $66.60 ↑ +99%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +118%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $77.70 ↑ +132%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $81.00 ↑ +142%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $88.80 ↑ +165%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $99.90 ↑ +198%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $99.90 ↑ +198%
Aetna Joint Venture $102.56 ↑ +206%
Aetna Designated Group $109.00 ↑ +225%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $111.00 ↑ +231%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $111.00 ↑ +231%
Aetna Medical Rental $116.99 ↑ +249%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $119.88 ↑ +258%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $119.88 ↑ +258%
Aetna Broad Network $128.09 ↑ +282%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $151.34 ↑ +351%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $151.34 ↑ +351%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $155.40 ↑ +364%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $161.43 ↑ +382%
Provider Network of America Commercial $166.50 ↑ +397%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $169.50 ↑ +406%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $201.79 ↑ +502%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $201.79 ↑ +502%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $203.00 ↑ +506%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $225.00 ↑ +571%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $241.00 ↑ +619%
United Healthcare UHC Core $252.00 ↑ +652%
United Healthcare Commercial $265.00 ↑ +691%

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Ghs ot work hardening-additional hours at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $28.54 $16.24 – $116.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $35.52 $44.40 – $241.00
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $19.76 $44.40 – $241.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $57.28 $44.40 – $241.00
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $45.07 $44.40 – $241.00
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $38.41 $44.40 – $241.00
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $21.44 $21.90 – $82.80
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $31.09 $16.24 – $116.00

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