Insert tunneled cv cath 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

$2,530.84

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.

$8,217.00

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.

$72.99 with Mercy Care vs $9,506.48 with Oscar Health Plan — 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
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,455.44 ↓ -42%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $2,875.95 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicaid $3,458.52 ↑ +37%
Mercy Care Medicaid $3,458.52 ↑ +37%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3,458.52 ↑ +37%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3,458.52 ↑ +37%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3,458.52 ↑ +37%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $3,458.52 ↑ +37%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $3,697.65 ↑ +46%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $3,697.65 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $3,741.03 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,741.03 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,990.44 ↑ +58%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +59%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $4,094.00 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $4,189.93 ↑ +66%
Aetna Medical Rental $4,330.36 ↑ +71%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $4,437.18 ↑ +75%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,988.05 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,988.05 ↑ +97%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $5,751.90 ↑ +127%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $5,761.50 ↑ +128%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5,934.35 ↑ +134%
Aetna Joint Venture $5,974.00 ↑ +136%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $6,049.57 ↑ +139%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $6,049.57 ↑ +139%
Provider Network of America Commercial $6,162.75 ↑ +144%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,337.65 ↑ +150%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $6,337.65 ↑ +150%
Aetna Designated Group $6,347.00 ↑ +151%
Aetna Broad Network $7,467.00 ↑ +195%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $7,835.64 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $8,066.10 ↑ +219%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $8,527.02 ↑ +237%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $8,578.00 ↑ +239%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $8,642.25 ↑ +241%
United Healthcare UHC Core $8,965.00 ↑ +254%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,437.00 ↑ +273%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $9,506.48 ↑ +276%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Insert tunneled cv cath at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $2,941.69 $1,455.44 – $9,506.48
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $2,810.21 $2,875.95 – $9,506.48
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $2,908.82 $2,875.95 – $9,506.48
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $3,179.98 $2,875.95 – $9,506.48
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $2,522.62 $2,875.95 – $9,506.48
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $2,325.41 $2,875.95 – $9,506.48
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $1,814.94 $373.71 – $2,592.76
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $373.71 – $5,761.50

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