Photopheresis at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$2,118.42
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.
$6,878.00
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 $8,239.36 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.
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 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,208.88 | ↓ -43% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $2,407.30 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2,633.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2,927.34 | ↑ +38% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $2,927.34 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2,927.34 | ↑ +38% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2,927.34 | ↑ +38% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $2,927.34 | ↑ +38% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $2,927.34 | ↑ +38% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $3,095.10 | ↑ +46% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $3,095.10 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,107.28 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $3,107.28 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,314.43 | ↑ +56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $3,480.13 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $3,624.71 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $3,714.12 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,143.04 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,143.04 | ↑ +96% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +111% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $4,814.60 | ↑ +127% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $4,993.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $5,143.36 | ↑ +143% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $5,158.50 | ↑ +144% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $5,186.00 | ↑ +145% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $5,243.23 | ↑ +148% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $5,243.23 | ↑ +148% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5,492.90 | ↑ +159% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $5,492.90 | ↑ +159% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $5,511.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $6,483.00 | ↑ +206% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $6,791.23 | ↑ +221% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $6,990.97 | ↑ +230% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $7,390.45 | ↑ +249% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $7,462.00 | ↑ +252% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $7,490.32 | ↑ +254% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $7,799.00 | ↑ +268% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $8,209.00 | ↑ +288% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $8,239.36 | ↑ +289% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Photopheresis at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $2,462.32 | $1,208.88 – $8,239.36 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $2,496.71 | $2,407.30 – $8,239.36 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $2,434.81 | $2,407.30 – $8,239.36 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $2,661.79 | $2,407.30 – $8,239.36 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $2,111.55 | $2,407.30 – $8,239.36 |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center | Chandler | $3,101.98 | $2,407.30 – $8,239.36 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $4,755.14 | $99.42 – $9,833.92 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $99.42 – $4,993.55 |