Percut ablate liver rf 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

$2,499.42

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.

$8,115.00

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 $10,260.33 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 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,271.44 ↓ -49%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $2,840.25 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $3,268.08 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96 ↑ +39%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $3,651.75 ↑ +46%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $3,651.75 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23 ↑ +46%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3,668.82 ↑ +47%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3,668.82 ↑ +47%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3,668.82 ↑ +47%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $3,668.82 ↑ +47%
Mercy Care Medicaid $3,668.82 ↑ +47%
Health Net Medicaid $3,668.82 ↑ +47%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna Medical Rental $4,276.60 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45 ↑ +74%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $4,382.10 ↑ +75%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $4,972.00 ↑ +99%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $5,680.50 ↑ +127%
Provider Network of America Commercial $6,086.25 ↑ +144%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $6,218.38 ↑ +149%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6,404.93 ↑ +156%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $6,529.30 ↑ +161%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $6,529.30 ↑ +161%
Aetna Joint Venture $6,758.00 ↑ +170%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,840.22 ↑ +174%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $6,840.22 ↑ +174%
Aetna Designated Group $7,180.00 ↑ +187%
Aetna Broad Network $8,447.00 ↑ +238%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $8,457.00 ↑ +238%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $8,578.00 ↑ +243%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $8,705.73 ↑ +248%
United Healthcare UHC Core $8,965.00 ↑ +259%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $9,203.20 ↑ +268%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $9,327.57 ↑ +273%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,437.00 ↑ +278%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $10,260.33 ↑ +311%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Percut ablate liver rf at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $7,549.99 $756.72 – $23,632.07
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $2,905.17 $1,271.44 – $10,260.33
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $2,945.74 $2,788.18 – $10,260.33
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $4,276.61 $1,963.82 – $10,260.33
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $2,775.33 $2,840.25 – $10,260.33
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $2,345.23 $2,495.41 – $10,260.33
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $2,247.86 $1,913.86 – $9,327.57
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $2,588.68 $1,271.44 – $10,260.33

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