Microdissection laser at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$84.77
Cash price 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.
$346.00
Gross charge 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.
$40.40 with Aetna vs $522.90 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $40.40 | ↓ -52% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $47.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $47.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $47.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $47.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $51.31 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $60.60 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $67.87 | ↓ -20% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $70.70 | ↓ -17% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -14% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $80.80 | ↓ -5% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $90.90 | ↑ +7% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $90.90 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $101.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $101.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $106.45 | ↑ +26% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $108.47 | ↑ +28% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $109.08 | ↑ +29% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $109.08 | ↑ +29% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $127.17 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $141.30 | ↑ +67% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $141.40 | ↑ +67% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $145.86 | ↑ +72% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $151.50 | ↑ +79% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $152.85 | ↑ +80% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.44 | ↑ +109% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $278.80 | ↑ +229% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $278.80 | ↑ +229% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $297.39 | ↑ +251% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $312.26 | ↑ +268% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $371.74 | ↑ +339% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $371.74 | ↑ +339% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $418.27 | ↑ +393% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $444.43 | ↑ +424% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $522.90 | ↑ +517% |
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Microdissection laser at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $461.73 | $86.83 – $1,445.24 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $96.19 | $40.40 – $151.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $77.91 | $40.40 – $237.86 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $82.61 | $40.40 – $177.44 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $76.12 | $40.40 – $278.80 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $75.77 | $40.40 – $212.89 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $79.23 | $40.40 – $163.27 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $77.85 | $40.40 – $161.60 |