Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple 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

$93.02

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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$302.00

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 $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.

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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 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $78.55 ↓ -16%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -13%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $81.16 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -13%
Mercy Care Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -13%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $81.16 ↓ -13%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $101.47 ↑ +9%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $105.70 ↑ +14%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $135.90 ↑ +46%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $135.90 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $137.38 ↑ +48%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $137.38 ↑ +48%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $137.38 ↑ +48%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $137.38 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $137.38 ↑ +48%
Aetna Joint Venture $139.52 ↑ +50%
Humana Medicare Advantage $141.50 ↑ +52%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $144.25 ↑ +55%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $144.25 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $146.47 ↑ +57%
Aetna Designated Group $148.28 ↑ +59%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $151.12 ↑ +62%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $151.12 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare UHC Core $153.11 ↑ +65%
Aetna Medical Rental $159.15 ↑ +71%
United Healthcare Commercial $161.27 ↑ +73%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $163.08 ↑ +75%
Aetna Broad Network $174.25 ↑ +87%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $186.84 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $192.33 ↑ +107%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $198.41 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $201.90 ↑ +117%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $201.90 ↑ +117%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $203.32 ↑ +119%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $206.07 ↑ +122%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $207.47 ↑ +123%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $211.40 ↑ +127%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $215.36 ↑ +132%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $226.13 ↑ +143%
Provider Network of America Commercial $226.50 ↑ +143%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $226.68 ↑ +144%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $269.20 ↑ +189%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $269.20 ↑ +189%
Humana Commercial $1,910.00 ↑ +1953%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple at other Arizona hospitals

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Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $156.44 $78.55 – $226.68
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $68.24 $65.80 – $226.68
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