Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 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

$795.56

Cash price

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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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$2,583.00

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 $6,483.00 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.

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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 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $360.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $400.00 ↓ -50%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $450.93 ↓ -43%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $450.93 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid $450.93 ↓ -43%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $450.93 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $450.93 ↓ -43%
Mercy Care Medicaid $450.93 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $749.90 ↓ -6%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $749.90 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $749.90 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $749.90 ↓ -6%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $749.90 ↓ -6%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare Advantage $772.40 ↓ -3%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $787.39 ↓ -1%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $787.39 ↓ -1%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $824.89 ↑ +4%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $824.89 ↑ +4%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $904.05 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $949.44 ↑ +19%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,019.86 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,049.86 ↑ +32%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,109.85 ↑ +40%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,124.85 ↑ +41%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,162.35 ↑ +46%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,162.35 ↑ +46%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,237.34 ↑ +56%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,361.24 ↑ +71%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,394.82 ↑ +75%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,808.10 ↑ +127%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,937.25 ↑ +144%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2,440.42 ↑ +207%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +207%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +227%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2,633.00 ↑ +231%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +244%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $3,152.00 ↑ +296%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +309%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +309%
United Healthcare UHC Core $3,294.00 ↑ +314%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,467.00 ↑ +336%
Aetna Joint Venture $5,186.00 ↑ +552%
Aetna Designated Group $5,511.00 ↑ +593%
Aetna Broad Network $6,483.00 ↑ +715%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,505.28 $139.47 – $2,591.82
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $924.71 $360.00 – $1,937.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $911.86 $400.00 – $2,009.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,323.82 $400.00 – $2,009.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $883.39 $360.00 – $1,937.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $746.49 $360.00 – $2,066.40
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Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $823.98 $360.00 – $2,066.40

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