Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c 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

$37.19

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.

$147.00

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.

$42.84 with Care 1st vs $196.31 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 $42.84 ↑ +15%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $42.84 ↑ +15%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +15%
Mercy Care Medicaid $42.84 ↑ +15%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $42.84 ↑ +15%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $42.84 ↑ +15%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +15%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $42.84 ↑ +15%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $42.84 ↑ +15%
Health Net Medicaid $42.84 ↑ +15%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $42.84 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +15%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +15%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +15%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +15%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $42.84 ↑ +15%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +15%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $42.84 ↑ +15%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $42.84 ↑ +15%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $42.84 ↑ +15%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $43.34 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare Advantage $44.13 ↑ +19%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $44.98 ↑ +21%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $44.98 ↑ +21%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $45.15 ↑ +21%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $47.12 ↑ +27%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $47.12 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $57.28 ↑ +54%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $58.05 ↑ +56%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $58.05 ↑ +56%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $58.26 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $59.98 ↑ +61%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $63.40 ↑ +70%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $64.26 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medical Rental $67.98 ↑ +83%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $69.66 ↑ +87%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $70.69 ↑ +90%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +96%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $75.19 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $79.23 ↑ +113%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $83.55 ↑ +125%
United Healthcare UHC Core $87.60 ↑ +136%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $90.30 ↑ +143%
United Healthcare Commercial $96.39 ↑ +159%
Provider Network of America Commercial $96.75 ↑ +160%
Aetna Joint Venture $143.86 ↑ +287%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $147.23 ↑ +296%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $147.23 ↑ +296%
Aetna Designated Group $152.85 ↑ +311%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $157.04 ↑ +322%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $164.90 ↑ +343%
Aetna Broad Network $179.84 ↑ +384%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $196.31 ↑ +428%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $196.31 ↑ +428%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $42.16 $24.00 – $131.95
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $32.49 $42.84 – $96.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $34.40 $42.84 – $103.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $24.55 $42.84 – $103.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $32.78 $42.84 – $96.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $75.58 $42.84 – $90.30
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $26.75 $42.84 – $103.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $30.43 $42.84 – $96.75

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