Heparin-protamine tolerance at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$7.36
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.
$40.00
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.
$13.09 with Care 1st vs $72.99 with Mercy Care — 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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| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $13.09 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $13.44 | ↑ +83% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $13.48 | ↑ +83% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $13.74 | ↑ +87% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $13.74 | ↑ +87% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $14.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $14.40 | ↑ +96% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $14.40 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $17.52 | ↑ +138% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $17.80 | ↑ +142% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $18.00 | ↑ +145% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $18.00 | ↑ +145% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $18.33 | ↑ +149% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $19.37 | ↑ +163% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $19.64 | ↑ +167% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $21.08 | ↑ +186% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $21.60 | ↑ +193% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $21.60 | ↑ +193% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $22.98 | ↑ +212% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $24.21 | ↑ +229% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $25.53 | ↑ +247% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $26.77 | ↑ +264% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $28.00 | ↑ +280% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $29.46 | ↑ +300% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $30.00 | ↑ +308% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $43.96 | ↑ +497% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $45.02 | ↑ +512% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $45.02 | ↑ +512% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $46.71 | ↑ +535% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $48.03 | ↑ +553% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $50.43 | ↑ +585% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $54.95 | ↑ +647% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $60.03 | ↑ +716% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $60.03 | ↑ +716% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +892% |
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Heparin-protamine tolerance at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $7.32 | $13.09 – $30.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $5.48 | $13.09 – $32.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $5.20 | $13.09 – $32.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $7.40 | $13.09 – $32.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $7.56 | $13.09 – $30.00 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $9.04 | $13.09 – $30.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $9.04 | $13.09 – $30.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $6.92 | $13.09 – $30.00 |