Protein c activity 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

$7.73

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.

$42.00

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.

$13.84 with Care 1st vs $72.99 with Mercy Care — 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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $13.84 ↑ +79%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
Mercy Care Medicaid $13.84 ↑ +79%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $13.84 ↑ +79%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $13.84 ↑ +79%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $13.84 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicaid $13.84 ↑ +79%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $13.84 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $13.84 ↑ +79%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↑ +79%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $13.84 ↑ +79%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $13.84 ↑ +79%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $13.84 ↑ +79%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $14.11 ↑ +83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.26 ↑ +84%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $14.53 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $14.53 ↑ +88%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $14.70 ↑ +90%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.22 ↑ +97%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $15.22 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $18.49 ↑ +139%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $18.82 ↑ +143%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $18.90 ↑ +145%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $18.90 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $19.38 ↑ +151%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $20.48 ↑ +165%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $20.76 ↑ +169%
Aetna Medical Rental $22.13 ↑ +186%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $22.68 ↑ +193%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $22.84 ↑ +195%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $24.30 ↑ +214%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $25.60 ↑ +231%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $27.00 ↑ +249%
United Healthcare UHC Core $28.30 ↑ +266%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $29.40 ↑ +280%
United Healthcare Commercial $31.14 ↑ +303%
Provider Network of America Commercial $31.50 ↑ +308%
Aetna Joint Venture $46.47 ↑ +501%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $47.53 ↑ +515%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $47.53 ↑ +515%
Aetna Designated Group $49.38 ↑ +539%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $50.70 ↑ +556%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $53.23 ↑ +589%
Aetna Broad Network $58.10 ↑ +652%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $63.38 ↑ +720%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $63.38 ↑ +720%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +844%

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Protein c activity at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $90.78 $7.76 – $42.63
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $7.69 $13.84 – $31.50
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $18.90 $13.84 – $31.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $7.77 $13.84 – $33.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $8.90 $13.84 – $31.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $8.02 $13.84 – $33.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $7.94 $13.84 – $31.50
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $9.49 $13.84 – $31.50

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