I131 iodide cap, rx at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$69.28
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.
$155.00
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.
$17.07 with Banner University Health Plan vs $252.87 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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| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $17.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $17.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $17.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $17.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $17.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $17.07 | ↓ -75% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $23.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $23.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $24.29 | ↓ -65% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $24.29 | ↓ -65% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $25.44 | ↓ -63% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $25.44 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $31.46 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $32.38 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $34.23 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $34.70 | ↓ -50% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $38.16 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $52.08 | ↓ -25% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $54.25 | ↓ -22% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $69.75 | ↑ +1% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $69.75 | ↑ +1% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $73.78 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $81.69 | ↑ +18% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $83.70 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $85.68 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $85.68 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $85.68 | ↑ +24% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $108.50 | ↑ +57% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $116.25 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $120.86 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $134.29 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $189.65 | ↑ +174% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $189.65 | ↑ +174% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $202.30 | ↑ +192% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $212.41 | ↑ +207% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $252.87 | ↑ +265% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $252.87 | ↑ +265% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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I131 iodide cap, rx at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $53.72 | $17.07 – $99.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $63.04 | $17.07 – $126.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $187.79 | $17.07 – $158.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $30.87 | $17.07 – $102.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $42.53 | $17.07 – $129.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $39.39 | $17.07 – $118.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $62.08 | $17.07 – $144.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $51.77 | $17.07 – $129.75 |