Nitrogen n-13 ammonia at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$368.40
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.
$1,561.00
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 $4,090.83 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.
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 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $312.20 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $396.49 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $468.30 | ↑ +27% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $546.35 | ↑ +48% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $624.40 | ↑ +69% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $659.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $659.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $659.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $659.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $659.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $659.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $702.45 | ↑ +91% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $702.45 | ↑ +91% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $780.50 | ↑ +112% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $780.50 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $822.65 | ↑ +123% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $842.94 | ↑ +129% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $842.94 | ↑ +129% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $998.19 | ↑ +171% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,092.70 | ↑ +197% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,109.10 | ↑ +201% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,170.75 | ↑ +218% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,193.64 | ↑ +224% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,068.12 | ↑ +733% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $3,068.12 | ↑ +733% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,272.66 | ↑ +788% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $3,436.27 | ↑ +833% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,090.83 | ↑ +1010% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,090.83 | ↑ +1010% |
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Nitrogen n-13 ammonia at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $492.25 | $275.00 – $1,193.64 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $396.80 | $274.60 – $3,068.12 |