Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$12.88
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.
$41.00
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.
$5.91 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $92.95 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.
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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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $5.91 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $13.78 | ↑ +7% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $14.35 | ↑ +11% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $18.45 | ↑ +43% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $18.45 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $18.94 | ↑ +47% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $19.89 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $20.13 | ↑ +56% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $20.79 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $21.61 | ↑ +68% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $21.89 | ↑ +70% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $22.14 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $23.66 | ↑ +84% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $26.94 | ↑ +109% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $27.12 | ↑ +111% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $28.17 | ↑ +119% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $28.70 | ↑ +123% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $30.75 | ↑ +139% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $31.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $32.70 | ↑ +154% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $33.34 | ↑ +159% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $33.34 | ↑ +159% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $34.92 | ↑ +171% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $34.92 | ↑ +171% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $43.18 | ↑ +235% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $44.45 | ↑ +245% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $46.99 | ↑ +265% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $47.62 | ↑ +270% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $52.39 | ↑ +307% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $69.71 | ↑ +441% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $69.71 | ↑ +441% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +467% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $74.36 | ↑ +477% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $78.08 | ↑ +506% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $92.95 | ↑ +622% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $92.95 | ↑ +622% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $33.21 | $18.90 – $103.95 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $13.49 | $5.91 – $52.39 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $15.07 | $4.61 – $30.40 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $30.18 | $11.06 – $62.41 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $41.56 | $7.14 – $28.62 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $36.18 | $13.68 – $113.40 |