MRI tmj at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$511.50
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.
$2,483.00
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.
$72.99 with Mercy Care 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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -67% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $166.84 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -67% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -67% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -67% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $166.84 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $265.36 | ↓ -48% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $270.51 | ↓ -47% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $270.51 | ↓ -47% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $283.39 | ↓ -45% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $283.39 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $350.38 | ↓ -31% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $360.68 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $381.29 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $386.44 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $420.77 | ↓ -18% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $425.09 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $556.08 | ↑ +9% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $579.25 | ↑ +13% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $744.75 | ↑ +46% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $744.75 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $764.61 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $812.61 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $872.18 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $893.70 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $954.93 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,081.54 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,081.54 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,153.64 | ↑ +126% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,158.50 | ↑ +126% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,211.32 | ↑ +137% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,241.25 | ↑ +143% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,346.00 | ↑ +163% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,442.06 | ↑ +182% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,442.06 | ↑ +182% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,496.00 | ↑ +192% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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MRI tmj at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $415.99 | $236.74 – $1,389.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $476.74 | $166.84 – $1,241.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $492.10 | $166.84 – $1,418.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $420.28 | $166.84 – $1,418.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $439.49 | $166.84 – $1,346.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $365.00 | $166.84 – $1,324.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $491.63 | $166.84 – $1,241.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $367.48 | $166.84 – $1,324.00 |