Injection jaw joint x-ray at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$56.06
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.
$182.00
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.
$36.40 with Aetna vs $5,506.00 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $36.40 | ↓ -35% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $43.13 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $43.13 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $43.13 | ↓ -23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $43.13 | ↓ -23% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $43.13 | ↓ -23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $43.13 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $46.23 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $54.60 | ↓ -3% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $63.70 | ↑ +14% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $72.80 | ↑ +30% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +30% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $81.90 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $81.90 | ↑ +46% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $91.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $91.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $95.91 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $98.28 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $98.28 | ↑ +75% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $127.40 | ↑ +127% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $136.50 | ↑ +143% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $139.60 | ↑ +149% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $358.83 | ↑ +540% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $358.83 | ↑ +540% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $382.75 | ↑ +583% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $401.88 | ↑ +617% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $478.44 | ↑ +753% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $478.44 | ↑ +753% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +1987% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,114.00 | ↑ +3671% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,210.00 | ↑ +3842% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,326.00 | ↑ +4049% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +7067% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +7758% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +7863% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +8248% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +9722% |
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Injection jaw joint x-ray at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $62.24 | $36.40 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $70.25 | $36.40 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $70.43 | $36.40 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $55.87 | $36.40 – $2,114.00 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $34.58 | $36.40 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $51.51 | $32.40 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $53.39 | $26.42 – $99.90 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $46.49 – $266.61 |