Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$16.59
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.
$474.00
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 $547.63 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 | ↑ +340% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $100.56 | ↑ +506% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $159.26 | ↑ +860% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $165.90 | ↑ +900% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $191.73 | ↑ +1056% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +1056% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +1056% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +1056% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +1056% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $191.73 | ↑ +1056% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $213.30 | ↑ +1186% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $213.30 | ↑ +1186% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $218.99 | ↑ +1220% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $229.89 | ↑ +1286% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $232.73 | ↑ +1303% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $240.32 | ↑ +1349% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $249.80 | ↑ +1406% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $253.12 | ↑ +1426% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $255.96 | ↑ +1443% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $258.47 | ↑ +1458% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $258.47 | ↑ +1458% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $273.50 | ↑ +1549% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $275.70 | ↑ +1562% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $289.48 | ↑ +1645% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $311.42 | ↑ +1777% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $325.64 | ↑ +1863% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $331.80 | ↑ +1900% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +1901% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $341.86 | ↑ +1961% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $344.62 | ↑ +1977% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $344.62 | ↑ +1977% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $348.50 | ↑ +2001% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $348.50 | ↑ +2001% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $355.50 | ↑ +2043% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $365.09 | ↑ +2101% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $365.09 | ↑ +2101% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $451.38 | ↑ +2621% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $464.66 | ↑ +2701% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $491.21 | ↑ +2861% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $497.85 | ↑ +2901% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $547.63 | ↑ +3201% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $138.75 | $58.65 – $434.28 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $167.32 | $100.56 – $547.63 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $84.48 | $143.00 – $547.63 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $117.04 | $143.00 – $547.63 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $124.66 | $159.26 – $547.63 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $117.55 | $159.26 – $547.63 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $55.93 | $151.36 – $497.85 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $36.97 | $100.56 – $547.63 |