Myelography via inj w/s&i thoracic at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$780.47
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.
$2,534.00
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 $7,416.00 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 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $254.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $518.51 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↓ -34% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↓ -34% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↓ -34% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $518.51 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $653.90 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $653.90 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $697.49 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $732.36 | ↓ -6% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $867.32 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $871.87 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $871.87 | ↑ +12% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $884.16 | ↑ +13% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $884.16 | ↑ +13% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $886.90 | ↑ +14% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $926.27 | ↑ +19% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $926.27 | ↑ +19% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,140.30 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,140.30 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,145.20 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +50% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,178.88 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,246.25 | ↑ +60% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,263.09 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,335.42 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,368.36 | ↑ +75% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,389.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,773.80 | ↑ +127% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,900.50 | ↑ +144% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $3,152.00 | ↑ +304% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $3,294.00 | ↑ +322% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,467.00 | ↑ +344% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +464% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +500% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +605% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $6,674.00 | ↑ +755% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $7,416.00 | ↑ +850% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i thoracic at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $832.71 | $123.38 – $2,606.45 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $907.17 | $254.40 – $1,900.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $864.67 | $518.51 – $1,905.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $1,255.31 | $392.93 – $1,905.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $866.63 | $518.51 – $6,674.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $732.33 | $499.30 – $2,027.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $701.92 | $382.94 – $1,900.50 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $897.04 | $518.51 – $1,900.50 |