Mopath procedure level 1 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

$67.05

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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$309.00

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.

$63.96 with Aetna vs $332.01 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 $63.96 ↓ -5%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $63.96 ↓ -5%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $63.96 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $63.96 ↓ -5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $63.96 ↓ -5%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $63.96 ↓ -5%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $63.96 ↓ -5%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $63.96 ↓ -5%
Mercy Care Medicaid $63.96 ↓ -5%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $63.96 ↓ -5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $63.96 ↓ -5%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $63.96 ↓ -5%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $63.96 ↓ -5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $63.96 ↓ -5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $63.96 ↓ -5%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $63.96 ↓ -5%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $63.96 ↓ -5%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $63.96 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $63.96 ↓ -5%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $63.96 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid $63.96 ↓ -5%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $63.96 ↓ -5%
Humana Medicare Advantage $65.88 ↓ -2%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $67.16 ↑ +0%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $67.16 ↑ +0%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $70.36 ↑ +5%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $70.36 ↑ +5%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +9%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $86.99 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $89.54 ↑ +34%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $94.66 ↑ +41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $95.94 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $96.88 ↑ +44%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $103.82 ↑ +55%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $105.53 ↑ +57%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $108.15 ↑ +61%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $112.24 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $118.31 ↑ +76%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $124.71 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare UHC Core $130.79 ↑ +95%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $139.05 ↑ +107%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $139.05 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare Commercial $143.91 ↑ +115%
Aetna Medical Rental $162.84 ↑ +143%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $166.86 ↑ +149%
Aetna Joint Venture $214.78 ↑ +220%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $216.30 ↑ +223%
Aetna Designated Group $228.21 ↑ +240%
Provider Network of America Commercial $231.75 ↑ +246%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $249.01 ↑ +271%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $249.01 ↑ +271%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $265.61 ↑ +296%
Aetna Broad Network $268.50 ↑ +300%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $278.89 ↑ +316%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $332.01 ↑ +395%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $332.01 ↑ +395%

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Mopath procedure level 1 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $62.94 $35.82 – $197.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $86.21 $63.96 – $231.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $63.91 $63.96 – $210.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $44.97 $63.96 – $210.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $67.36 $63.96 – $231.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $70.14 $63.96 – $247.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $48.82 $63.96 – $231.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $55.00 $63.96 – $247.20

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