Perit-vens shunt pat tst 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

$302.58

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.

$1,235.00

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 $1,909.17 with United Healthcare — 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 ↓ -76%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $273.41 ↓ -10%
Mercy Care Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -10%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -10%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -10%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -10%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $414.96 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $417.05 ↑ +38%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↑ +42%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↑ +42%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↑ +42%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↑ +42%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +42%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $432.25 ↑ +43%
Humana Medicare Advantage $441.13 ↑ +46%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +49%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +49%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +56%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $471.11 ↑ +56%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $555.75 ↑ +84%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $555.75 ↑ +84%
Aetna Joint Venture $570.57 ↑ +89%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↑ +98%
Aetna Designated Group $606.38 ↑ +100%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↑ +109%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↑ +112%
Aetna Medical Rental $650.85 ↑ +115%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $666.90 ↑ +120%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↑ +134%
Aetna Broad Network $712.60 ↑ +136%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $811.39 ↑ +168%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $848.45 ↑ +180%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $864.50 ↑ +186%
Provider Network of America Commercial $926.25 ↑ +206%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,071.99 ↑ +254%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,071.99 ↑ +254%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,143.45 ↑ +278%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,200.62 ↑ +297%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,429.32 ↑ +372%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,429.32 ↑ +372%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +435%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +483%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +531%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Perit-vens shunt pat tst at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $490.30 $273.41 – $926.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $297.02 $273.41 – $873.60
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