Nuclear rx IV admin at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$817.94
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.
$1,876.00
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 $1,407.00 with Provider Network of America — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $83.74 | ↓ -90% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $180.97 | ↓ -78% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $180.97 | ↓ -78% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $180.97 | ↓ -78% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $180.97 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $180.97 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $180.97 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $215.24 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $215.24 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $229.59 | ↓ -72% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $241.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $246.05 | ↓ -70% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $250.82 | ↓ -69% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $250.82 | ↓ -69% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $262.77 | ↓ -68% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $262.77 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $286.99 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $286.99 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $324.88 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $334.43 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $353.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $358.32 | ↓ -56% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $394.15 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $630.34 | ↓ -23% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $656.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $844.20 | ↑ +3% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $844.20 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $866.71 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $921.12 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $988.65 | ↑ +21% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,013.04 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,082.45 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $1,086.01 | ↑ +33% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $1,183.46 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,232.53 | ↑ +51% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,263.71 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,288.81 | ↑ +58% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,313.20 | ↑ +61% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,407.00 | ↑ +72% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Nuclear rx IV admin at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $746.65 | $83.74 – $1,407.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $392.03 | $180.97 – $714.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $262.64 | $180.97 – $1,407.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $656.60 | $164.35 – $1,500.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $461.18 | $126.05 – $1,407.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $499.33 | $83.74 – $1,500.80 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $665.98 | $180.97 – $1,407.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $561.39 | $180.97 – $1,407.00 |