MRI fetal ea addl gestation at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$73.75
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.
$358.00
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.
$71.60 with Aetna vs $1,496.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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 | $71.60 | ↓ -3% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $84.85 | ↑ +15% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $84.85 | ↑ +15% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $84.85 | ↑ +15% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $84.85 | ↑ +15% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $84.85 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $84.85 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $90.93 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $107.40 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $120.29 | ↑ +63% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $125.30 | ↑ +70% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $143.20 | ↑ +94% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $161.10 | ↑ +118% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $161.10 | ↑ +118% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $165.40 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $175.78 | ↑ +138% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $179.00 | ↑ +143% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $179.00 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $188.67 | ↑ +156% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $193.32 | ↑ +162% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $193.32 | ↑ +162% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $206.57 | ↑ +180% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $243.63 | ↑ +230% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $250.60 | ↑ +240% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $268.50 | ↑ +264% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $626.23 | ↑ +749% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $626.23 | ↑ +749% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $667.98 | ↑ +806% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $701.38 | ↑ +851% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $834.98 | ↑ +1032% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $834.98 | ↑ +1032% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,346.00 | ↑ +1725% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,496.00 | ↑ +1928% |
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MRI fetal ea addl gestation at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $373.33 | $289.90 – $1,614.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $318.84 | $289.90 – $1,614.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $86.64 | $71.60 – $1,346.00 |