Palingen or promatrx at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$329.57
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.
$1,253.10
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 $2,106.01 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 | ↓ -78% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $149.98 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $208.16 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $264.36 | ↓ -20% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $312.24 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $349.71 | ↑ +6% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $364.28 | ↑ +11% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $416.32 | ↑ +26% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $468.36 | ↑ +42% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $468.36 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $474.60 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $503.75 | ↑ +53% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $504.79 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $520.40 | ↑ +58% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $520.40 | ↑ +58% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $527.69 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $548.50 | ↑ +66% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $555.79 | ↑ +69% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $562.03 | ↑ +71% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $562.03 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $570.36 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $593.26 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $596.38 | ↑ +81% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $614.50 | ↑ +86% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $728.56 | ↑ +121% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $780.60 | ↑ +137% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,579.51 | ↑ +379% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,579.51 | ↑ +379% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,684.81 | ↑ +411% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,769.04 | ↑ +437% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,106.01 | ↑ +539% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,106.01 | ↑ +539% |
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Palingen or promatrx at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $8,648.63 | $1,173.57 – $7,279.58 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $358.39 | $155.87 – $811.27 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $334.13 | $163.77 – $1,347.57 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $340.84 | $155.87 – $1,579.51 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $308.26 | $155.87 – $1,206.07 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $255.00 | $149.98 – $925.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $325.81 | $155.87 – $865.36 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $330.82 | $149.98 – $1,579.51 |