Mayo hemosiderin qualitative urine 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

$8.06

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.

$51.00

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.

$4.75 with Aetna 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $4.75 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $4.75 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $4.75 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $4.75 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4.75 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.75 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.75 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -41%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.89 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $4.99 ↓ -38%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $4.99 ↓ -38%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $5.22 ↓ -35%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.22 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $6.35 ↓ -21%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $6.46 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $6.65 ↓ -17%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $7.03 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $7.12 ↓ -12%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $7.84 ↓ -3%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $8.34 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $8.79 ↑ +9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $9.27 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare UHC Core $9.71 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Commercial $10.70 ↑ +33%
Aetna Joint Venture $15.95 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $16.32 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $16.32 ↑ +102%
Aetna Designated Group $16.95 ↑ +110%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $17.14 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $17.40 ↑ +116%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $17.85 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $18.27 ↑ +127%
Aetna Broad Network $19.94 ↑ +147%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $21.76 ↑ +170%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $21.76 ↑ +170%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $22.95 ↑ +185%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $22.95 ↑ +185%
Aetna Medical Rental $26.88 ↑ +233%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $27.54 ↑ +242%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $35.70 ↑ +343%
Provider Network of America Commercial $38.25 ↑ +375%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +806%

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Mayo hemosiderin qualitative urine at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $4.68 $2.66 – $14.63
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.16 $4.75 – $38.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.26 $4.75 – $40.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $7.96 $4.75 – $40.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.48 $4.75 – $38.25
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $29.88 $4.75 – $35.70
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $7.70 $4.75 – $40.80
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