Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb 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

$1,180.70

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.

$4,704.00

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 $10,800.54 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.

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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 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $940.80 ↓ -20%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,073.25 ↓ -9%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,073.25 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid $1,073.25 ↓ -9%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $1,073.25 ↓ -9%
Mercy Care Medicaid $1,073.25 ↓ -9%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,073.25 ↓ -9%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,194.82 ↑ +1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,411.20 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,554.59 ↑ +32%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,580.54 ↑ +34%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,601.23 ↑ +36%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,632.32 ↑ +38%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,632.32 ↑ +38%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,646.40 ↑ +39%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,710.05 ↑ +45%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1,710.05 ↑ +45%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $2,116.80 ↑ +79%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $2,116.80 ↑ +79%
Aetna Joint Venture $2,173.25 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,176.43 ↑ +84%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,300.79 ↑ +95%
Aetna Designated Group $2,309.66 ↑ +96%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,331.89 ↑ +98%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,352.00 ↑ +99%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,479.01 ↑ +110%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,540.16 ↑ +115%
Aetna Broad Network $2,714.21 ↑ +130%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,151.44 ↑ +167%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,292.80 ↑ +179%
Provider Network of America Commercial $3,528.00 ↑ +199%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,217.00 ↑ +257%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,686.00 ↑ +297%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $6,352.34 ↑ +438%
United Healthcare UHC Core $6,922.34 ↑ +486%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,494.23 ↑ +535%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $8,100.40 ↑ +586%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $8,100.40 ↑ +586%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $8,640.43 ↑ +632%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $9,072.38 ↑ +668%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $10,800.54 ↑ +815%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $10,800.54 ↑ +815%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,707.55 $940.80 – $3,528.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $1,156.38 $940.80 – $3,528.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $1,472.35 $940.80 – $3,528.00
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $2,151.79 $1,073.25 – $4,431.60
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