Injection epidural blood patch or clot at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$437.98
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.
$1,422.00
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.
$72.99 with Mercy Care vs $1,910.00 with Humana — 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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $443.64 | ↑ +1% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $460.08 | ↑ +5% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $460.08 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $460.08 | ↑ +5% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $460.08 | ↑ +5% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $460.08 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $460.08 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $477.79 | ↑ +9% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $497.70 | ↑ +14% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $639.90 | ↑ +46% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $639.90 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $656.96 | ↑ +50% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $689.67 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $698.20 | ↑ +59% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $720.95 | ↑ +65% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $738.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $749.39 | ↑ +71% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $759.35 | ↑ +73% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $760.24 | ↑ +74% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $767.88 | ↑ +75% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $775.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $775.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $811.91 | ↑ +85% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $811.91 | ↑ +85% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $820.49 | ↑ +87% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $934.25 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $976.91 | ↑ +123% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $995.40 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,003.82 | ↑ +129% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,033.34 | ↑ +136% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,066.50 | ↑ +144% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,092.39 | ↑ +149% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,107.15 | ↑ +153% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,140.33 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,140.33 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,216.35 | ↑ +178% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,217.87 | ↑ +178% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,277.16 | ↑ +192% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,520.44 | ↑ +247% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,520.44 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,910.00 | ↑ +336% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Injection epidural blood patch or clot at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $467.90 | $118.37 – $1,464.54 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $736.60 | $443.64 – $1,217.87 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $422.17 | $407.05 – $1,217.87 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $612.90 | $407.05 – $1,217.87 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $486.32 | $460.08 – $2,083.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $410.96 | $460.08 – $1,217.87 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $393.89 | $460.08 – $1,107.15 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $453.62 | $443.64 – $1,217.87 |