Nerve conduction studies 11-12 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

$255.16

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$812.00

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.

$72.99 with Mercy Care vs $933.11 with Oscar Health Plan — 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
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $234.20 ↓ -8%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $272.83 ↑ +7%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $284.20 ↑ +11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $353.64 ↑ +39%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $353.64 ↑ +39%
Health Net Medicaid $353.64 ↑ +39%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $353.64 ↑ +39%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $353.64 ↑ +39%
Mercy Care Medicaid $353.64 ↑ +39%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $365.40 ↑ +43%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $365.40 ↑ +43%
Aetna Joint Venture $375.14 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $393.82 ↑ +54%
Aetna Designated Group $398.69 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare UHC Core $411.68 ↑ +61%
Aetna Medical Rental $427.92 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Commercial $433.61 ↑ +70%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $438.48 ↑ +72%
Aetna Broad Network $468.52 ↑ +84%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $533.48 ↑ +109%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $557.84 ↑ +119%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $565.52 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $565.52 ↑ +122%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $565.52 ↑ +122%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $565.52 ↑ +122%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $565.52 ↑ +122%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $565.52 ↑ +122%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $568.40 ↑ +123%
Humana Medicare Advantage $582.49 ↑ +128%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $593.80 ↑ +133%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $593.80 ↑ +133%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $601.97 ↑ +136%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $601.97 ↑ +136%
Provider Network of America Commercial $609.00 ↑ +139%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $622.07 ↑ +144%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $622.07 ↑ +144%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $642.10 ↑ +152%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $674.20 ↑ +164%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $769.11 ↑ +201%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $791.73 ↑ +210%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $802.63 ↑ +215%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $802.63 ↑ +215%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $836.97 ↑ +228%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $848.28 ↑ +232%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $933.11 ↑ +266%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Nerve conduction studies 11-12 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $267.17 $234.20 – $933.11
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $152.68 $254.47 – $933.11
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $204.67 $272.83 – $933.11
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $195.82 $272.83 – $933.11
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $199.61 $284.20 – $848.28
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $155.90 $234.20 – $933.11
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $261.19 $272.83 – $933.11
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $279.86 $272.83 – $933.11

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