Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter 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

$2,206.51

Cash price

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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.

$7,164.00

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 $14,854.00 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.

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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%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $2,507.40 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,837.28 ↑ +29%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $3,223.80 ↑ +46%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $3,223.80 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medical Rental $3,775.43 ↑ +71%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $3,868.56 ↑ +75%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +82%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +102%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $5,014.80 ↑ +127%
Provider Network of America Commercial $5,373.00 ↑ +144%
Mercy Care Medicaid $5,910.62 ↑ +168%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $5,910.62 ↑ +168%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $5,910.62 ↑ +168%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $5,910.62 ↑ +168%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $5,910.62 ↑ +168%
Health Net Medicaid $5,910.62 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $7,292.89 ↑ +231%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $7,292.89 ↑ +231%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $7,779.08 ↑ +253%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $8,167.97 ↑ +270%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $8,578.00 ↑ +289%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $8,820.71 ↑ +300%
United Healthcare UHC Core $8,965.00 ↑ +306%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9,085.33 ↑ +312%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $9,261.75 ↑ +320%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $9,261.75 ↑ +320%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,437.00 ↑ +328%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9,702.78 ↑ +340%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $9,702.78 ↑ +340%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $9,723.85 ↑ +341%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $9,723.85 ↑ +341%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $10,026.00 ↑ +354%
Aetna Joint Venture $11,883.00 ↑ +439%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $11,996.17 ↑ +444%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $12,348.99 ↑ +460%
Aetna Designated Group $12,626.00 ↑ +472%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $13,054.65 ↑ +492%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $13,231.07 ↑ +500%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $14,554.17 ↑ +560%
Aetna Broad Network $14,854.00 ↑ +573%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $2,564.71 $2,837.28 – $14,554.17
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $3,898.26 $3,243.00 – $14,554.17
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $5,659.45 $3,243.00 – $14,554.17
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $2,450.09 $2,507.40 – $14,554.17
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $2,070.40 $2,507.40 – $14,554.17
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $1,984.43 $2,507.40 – $13,231.07
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $2,285.32 $2,507.40 – $14,554.17
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $2,536.06 $2,507.40 – $14,554.17

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