Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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

$28.34

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.

$112.00

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.

$37.27 with Care 1st vs $170.77 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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $37.27 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
Mercy Care Medicaid $37.27 ↑ +32%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $37.27 ↑ +32%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $37.27 ↑ +32%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $37.27 ↑ +32%
Health Net Medicaid $37.27 ↑ +32%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $37.27 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $37.27 ↑ +32%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $37.27 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $37.27 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $37.27 ↑ +32%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $37.63 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare Advantage $38.39 ↑ +35%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↑ +38%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↑ +38%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $39.20 ↑ +38%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.00 ↑ +45%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $41.00 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $49.83 ↑ +76%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $50.40 ↑ +78%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $50.40 ↑ +78%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $50.69 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $52.18 ↑ +84%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $55.16 ↑ +95%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $55.91 ↑ +97%
Aetna Medical Rental $59.02 ↑ +108%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $60.48 ↑ +113%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $61.50 ↑ +117%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $65.42 ↑ +131%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $68.94 ↑ +143%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $72.69 ↑ +156%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare UHC Core $76.22 ↑ +169%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $78.40 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare Commercial $83.86 ↑ +196%
Provider Network of America Commercial $84.00 ↑ +196%
Aetna Joint Venture $125.15 ↑ +342%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $128.07 ↑ +352%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $128.07 ↑ +352%
Aetna Designated Group $132.98 ↑ +369%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $136.61 ↑ +382%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $143.44 ↑ +406%
Aetna Broad Network $156.46 ↑ +452%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $170.77 ↑ +503%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $170.77 ↑ +503%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $109.97 $5.46 – $37.27
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $24.75 $37.27 – $84.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $26.21 $37.27 – $89.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $18.70 $37.27 – $89.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $24.98 $37.27 – $84.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $20.38 $37.27 – $89.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $23.18 $37.27 – $84.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $22.51 $37.27 – $89.60

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