Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$38.96

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.

$154.00

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.

$51.31 with Care 1st vs $235.09 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 $51.31 ↑ +32%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $51.31 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↑ +32%
Mercy Care Medicaid $51.31 ↑ +32%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $51.31 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $51.31 ↑ +32%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↑ +32%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $51.31 ↑ +32%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $51.31 ↑ +32%
Health Net Medicaid $51.31 ↑ +32%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $51.31 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↑ +32%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $51.31 ↑ +32%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $51.31 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $51.31 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $51.31 ↑ +32%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $51.74 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare Advantage $52.85 ↑ +36%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↑ +38%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↑ +38%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $53.90 ↑ +38%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $56.44 ↑ +45%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $56.44 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $68.60 ↑ +76%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $69.30 ↑ +78%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $69.30 ↑ +78%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $69.78 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $71.83 ↑ +84%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $75.94 ↑ +95%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $76.97 ↑ +98%
Aetna Medical Rental $81.16 ↑ +108%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $83.16 ↑ +113%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $84.66 ↑ +117%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $90.05 ↑ +131%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $94.90 ↑ +144%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $100.05 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare UHC Core $104.92 ↑ +169%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $107.80 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare Commercial $115.45 ↑ +196%
Provider Network of America Commercial $115.50 ↑ +196%
Aetna Joint Venture $172.30 ↑ +342%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $176.32 ↑ +353%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $176.32 ↑ +353%
Aetna Designated Group $183.07 ↑ +370%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $188.07 ↑ +383%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $197.47 ↑ +407%
Aetna Broad Network $215.40 ↑ +453%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $235.09 ↑ +503%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $235.09 ↑ +503%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $73.61 $29.96 – $164.78
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $34.03 $51.31 – $115.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $152.10 $51.31 – $123.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $25.72 $51.31 – $123.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $34.34 $51.31 – $115.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $90.23 $51.31 – $107.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $28.03 $51.31 – $123.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $31.88 $51.31 – $115.50

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