Immunofluorescence per specimen each additional single antibody stain at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$98.00
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.
$400.00
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.
$70.67 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $483.32 with Aetna — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $70.67 | ↓ -28% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $80.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $94.80 | ↓ -3% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $94.80 | ↓ -3% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $94.80 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $94.80 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $101.60 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $120.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $134.40 | ↑ +37% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $140.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $140.21 | ↑ +43% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $150.38 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $155.79 | ↑ +59% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $160.00 | ↑ +63% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $180.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $180.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $181.66 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $181.66 | ↑ +85% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $182.93 | ↑ +87% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $186.10 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $193.77 | ↑ +98% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $200.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $200.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $203.46 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $210.80 | ↑ +115% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $216.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $216.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $242.21 | ↑ +147% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $242.21 | ↑ +147% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $280.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $300.00 | ↑ +206% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $386.61 | ↑ +295% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $410.78 | ↑ +319% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $483.32 | ↑ +393% |
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Immunofluorescence per specimen each additional single antibody stain at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $112.61 | $32.62 – $233.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $111.20 | $70.67 – $300.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $78.70 | $59.40 – $237.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $83.46 | $59.40 – $237.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $88.00 | $80.00 – $300.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $87.60 | $80.00 – $320.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $91.60 | $80.00 – $300.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $90.00 | $70.67 – $320.00 |