Herpes simplex virus isolation at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$25.81
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.
$102.00
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.
$33.86 with Care 1st vs $155.19 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $33.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $34.27 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $34.88 | ↑ +35% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $35.55 | ↑ +38% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $35.55 | ↑ +38% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $35.70 | ↑ +38% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $37.25 | ↑ +44% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $37.25 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $45.28 | ↑ +75% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $45.90 | ↑ +78% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $45.90 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $46.05 | ↑ +78% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $47.40 | ↑ +84% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $50.11 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $50.79 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $53.75 | ↑ +108% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $55.08 | ↑ +113% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $55.87 | ↑ +116% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $59.43 | ↑ +130% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $62.63 | ↑ +143% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $66.03 | ↑ +156% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $69.24 | ↑ +168% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $71.40 | ↑ +177% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +183% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $76.19 | ↑ +195% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $76.50 | ↑ +196% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $113.70 | ↑ +341% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $116.39 | ↑ +351% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $116.39 | ↑ +351% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $120.81 | ↑ +368% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $124.15 | ↑ +381% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $130.36 | ↑ +405% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $142.14 | ↑ +451% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $155.19 | ↑ +501% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $155.19 | ↑ +501% |
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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $42.81 | $18.90 – $103.95 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $22.54 | $33.86 – $76.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $23.87 | $33.86 – $81.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $17.03 | $33.86 – $81.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $22.75 | $33.86 – $76.50 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $59.76 | $33.86 – $71.40 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $18.56 | $33.86 – $81.60 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $21.11 | $33.86 – $76.50 |