Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$2,389.46
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.
$7,758.00
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 $16,820.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $949.44 | ↓ -60% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $2,307.97 | ↓ -3% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $2,307.97 | ↓ -3% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $2,307.97 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2,307.97 | ↓ -3% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2,307.97 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2,307.97 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $2,440.42 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,440.42 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,603.12 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2,633.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $2,715.30 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,733.25 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $3,253.90 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $3,253.90 | ↑ +36% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $3,491.10 | ↑ +46% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $3,491.10 | ↑ +46% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $3,761.34 | ↑ +57% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $3,874.18 | ↑ +62% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $3,949.41 | ↑ +65% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $3,949.41 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $4,088.47 | ↑ +71% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $4,137.47 | ↑ +73% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4,137.47 | ↑ +73% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $4,189.32 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $5,115.42 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $5,186.00 | ↑ +117% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $5,265.88 | ↑ +120% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $5,430.60 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $5,511.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $5,566.78 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $5,642.01 | ↑ +136% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $5,818.50 | ↑ +144% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $6,206.21 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $6,483.00 | ↑ +171% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $6,560.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $6,856.00 | ↑ +187% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $7,217.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $15,138.00 | ↑ +534% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $16,820.00 | ↑ +604% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $2,777.36 | $949.44 – $6,206.21 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,669.80 | $1,610.00 – $6,206.21 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $2,424.20 | $1,466.47 – $6,206.21 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $2,653.24 | $2,307.97 – $15,138.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $2,242.06 | $1,863.43 – $6,206.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $2,148.97 | $1,429.17 – $5,818.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $2,474.80 | $949.44 – $6,206.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $2,746.33 | $2,307.97 – $6,206.21 |