Hemodialysis one evaluation at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$409.78
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.
$2,215.00
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 $1,661.25 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.
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 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $368.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $474.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $474.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $474.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $474.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $474.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $474.40 | ↑ +16% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $613.00 | ↑ +50% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $640.00 | ↑ +56% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $674.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $744.24 | ↑ +82% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $745.78 | ↑ +82% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $768.15 | ↑ +87% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $775.25 | ↑ +89% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $783.07 | ↑ +91% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $783.07 | ↑ +91% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $820.36 | ↑ +100% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $820.36 | ↑ +100% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $945.90 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $945.90 | ↑ +131% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $996.75 | ↑ +143% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $996.75 | ↑ +143% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,008.96 | ↑ +146% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,014.26 | ↑ +148% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,023.33 | ↑ +150% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,044.09 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,059.40 | ↑ +159% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,087.57 | ↑ +165% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,103.75 | ↑ +169% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,118.67 | ↑ +173% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,167.31 | ↑ +185% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,196.10 | ↑ +192% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,230.54 | ↑ +200% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,261.20 | ↑ +208% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,261.20 | ↑ +208% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,278.06 | ↑ +212% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,455.26 | ↑ +255% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,521.70 | ↑ +271% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,550.50 | ↑ +278% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,661.25 | ↑ +305% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $543.91 | $74.03 – $1,702.47 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $423.06 | $368.00 – $1,661.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $527.17 | $474.40 – $1,772.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $387.62 | $474.40 – $1,772.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $516.10 | $474.40 – $1,661.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $478.44 | $474.40 – $1,772.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $480.65 | $474.40 – $1,661.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $487.30 | $368.00 – $1,772.00 |