Hla class ii high defin qual 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

$145.72

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.

$978.00

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 $1,691.21 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.

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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 ↓ -50%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $325.80 ↑ +124%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $325.80 ↑ +124%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $325.80 ↑ +124%
Health Net Medicaid $325.80 ↑ +124%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $325.80 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
Mercy Care Medicaid $325.80 ↑ +124%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $325.80 ↑ +124%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $325.80 ↑ +124%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $325.80 ↑ +124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $325.80 ↑ +124%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $325.80 ↑ +124%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $325.80 ↑ +124%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $328.61 ↑ +126%
Humana Medicare Advantage $335.57 ↑ +130%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $342.09 ↑ +135%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $342.09 ↑ +135%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $342.30 ↑ +135%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $358.38 ↑ +146%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $358.38 ↑ +146%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $440.10 ↑ +202%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $440.10 ↑ +202%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $443.09 ↑ +204%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $456.12 ↑ +213%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $482.18 ↑ +231%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $488.70 ↑ +235%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $493.47 ↑ +239%
Aetna Medical Rental $515.41 ↑ +254%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $528.12 ↑ +262%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $537.57 ↑ +269%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $571.78 ↑ +292%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $602.60 ↑ +314%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $635.31 ↑ +336%
United Healthcare UHC Core $666.22 ↑ +357%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $684.60 ↑ +370%
United Healthcare Commercial $733.05 ↑ +403%
Provider Network of America Commercial $733.50 ↑ +403%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,094.04 ↑ +651%
Aetna Designated Group $1,162.45 ↑ +698%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,268.40 ↑ +770%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,268.40 ↑ +770%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,352.96 ↑ +828%
Aetna Broad Network $1,367.71 ↑ +839%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,420.60 ↑ +875%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,691.21 ↑ +1061%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,691.21 ↑ +1061%

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Hla class ii high defin qual at other Arizona hospitals

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Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $185.82 $325.80 – $733.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $210.27 $325.80 – $782.40
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