Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl 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

$14.85

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.

$94.00

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.

$10.50 with Care 1st vs $72.99 with Mercy Care — 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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $10.50 ↓ -29%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
Mercy Care Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -29%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $10.50 ↓ -29%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $10.50 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -29%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $10.50 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -29%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -29%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $10.50 ↓ -29%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $10.50 ↓ -29%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $10.50 ↓ -29%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $10.75 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.81 ↓ -27%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $11.03 ↓ -26%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $11.03 ↓ -26%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $11.20 ↓ -25%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.55 ↓ -22%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $11.55 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $14.04 ↓ -5%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $14.28 ↓ -4%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $14.40 ↓ -3%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $14.40 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $14.70 ↓ -1%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $15.54 ↑ +5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $15.75 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medical Rental $16.86 ↑ +14%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $17.28 ↑ +16%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $17.32 ↑ +17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $18.44 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $19.42 ↑ +31%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $20.49 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare UHC Core $21.48 ↑ +45%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $22.40 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Commercial $23.62 ↑ +59%
Provider Network of America Commercial $24.00 ↑ +62%
Aetna Joint Venture $35.26 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $36.09 ↑ +143%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $36.09 ↑ +143%
Aetna Designated Group $37.46 ↑ +152%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $38.49 ↑ +159%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $40.42 ↑ +172%
Aetna Broad Network $44.08 ↑ +197%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $48.11 ↑ +224%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $48.11 ↑ +224%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +392%

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Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl at other Arizona hospitals

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Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $10.34 $5.88 – $32.34
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $15.04 $10.50 – $24.00
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