Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$136.86
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.
$505.00
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 | ↓ -47% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $77.79 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $77.79 | ↓ -43% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $77.79 | ↓ -43% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $77.79 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $77.79 | ↓ -43% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $77.79 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $125.14 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $169.68 | ↑ +24% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $176.75 | ↑ +29% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $224.56 | ↑ +64% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $227.25 | ↑ +66% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $227.25 | ↑ +66% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $231.30 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $233.31 | ↑ +70% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $235.79 | ↑ +72% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $235.79 | ↑ +72% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $247.02 | ↑ +80% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $247.02 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $247.96 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $266.13 | ↑ +94% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $272.70 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $291.38 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $305.40 | ↑ +123% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $314.38 | ↑ +130% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $321.65 | ↑ +135% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $321.65 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $331.79 | ↑ +142% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $332.35 | ↑ +143% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $336.84 | ↑ +146% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $343.10 | ↑ +151% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $346.94 | ↑ +153% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $353.50 | ↑ +158% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $360.25 | ↑ +163% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $370.52 | ↑ +171% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $378.75 | ↑ +177% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $428.87 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $428.87 | ↑ +213% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $805.00 | ↑ +488% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $842.00 | ↑ +515% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $886.00 | ↑ +547% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,910.00 | ↑ +1296% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $304.80 | $38.27 – $693.84 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $149.98 | $77.79 – $378.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $88.72 | $77.79 – $370.52 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $119.57 | $77.79 – $370.52 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $126.75 | $77.79 – $378.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $110.60 | $77.79 – $404.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $116.66 | $77.79 – $378.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $122.72 | $77.79 – $404.00 |