Prgr stim/pace a/iv drug at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$2,655.80
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.
$9,286.00
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 $43,322.00 with Aetna — 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% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,857.20 | ↓ -30% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $2,200.78 | ↓ -17% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2,200.78 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2,200.78 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2,200.78 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $2,358.64 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $2,785.80 | ↑ +5% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $3,250.10 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $3,608.24 | ↑ +36% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $3,714.40 | ↑ +40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $4,178.70 | ↑ +57% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $4,178.70 | ↑ +57% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $4,503.71 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $4,643.00 | ↑ +75% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $4,643.00 | ↑ +75% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $4,708.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $4,893.72 | ↑ +84% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,958.72 | ↑ +87% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $5,014.44 | ↑ +89% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $5,014.44 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $6,100.90 | ↑ +130% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $6,379.48 | ↑ +140% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $6,500.20 | ↑ +145% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $6,964.50 | ↑ +162% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $9,274.55 | ↑ +249% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $9,274.55 | ↑ +249% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $9,892.85 | ↑ +272% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $10,387.42 | ↑ +291% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $12,366.07 | ↑ +366% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $12,366.07 | ↑ +366% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $15,142.00 | ↑ +470% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $34,658.00 | ↑ +1205% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $36,824.00 | ↑ +1287% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $43,322.00 | ↑ +1531% |
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Prgr stim/pace a/iv drug at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,965.05 | $1,118.32 – $6,890.95 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $2,720.80 | $1,857.20 – $6,964.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $2,452.48 | $1,865.00 – $7,912.64 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $1,091.03 | $1,865.00 – $7,460.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $919.31 | $1,857.20 – $9,274.55 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $2,247.21 | $1,857.20 – $7,428.80 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $2,990.09 | $1,857.20 – $9,274.55 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $3,055.09 | $1,857.20 – $9,274.55 |