Radiation therapy dose plan at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$235.33
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.
$563.00
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.
$60.76 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $2,420.00 with United Healthcare — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $60.76 | ↓ -74% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -69% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $91.98 | ↓ -61% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $91.98 | ↓ -61% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $91.98 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $91.98 | ↓ -61% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $91.98 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $91.98 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $141.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $145.76 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $148.59 | ↓ -37% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $148.59 | ↓ -37% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $155.66 | ↓ -34% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $155.66 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $156.17 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $156.17 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $166.58 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $174.91 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $189.17 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $192.45 | ↓ -18% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $197.05 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $198.11 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $208.22 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $208.22 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $209.43 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $212.26 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $214.27 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $227.67 | ↓ -3% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $233.49 | ↓ -1% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $253.35 | ↑ +8% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $253.35 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $267.87 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $296.70 | ↑ +26% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $304.02 | ↑ +29% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $369.89 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $386.78 | ↑ +64% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $394.10 | ↑ +67% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $422.25 | ↑ +79% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,200.00 | ↑ +835% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,299.00 | ↑ +877% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,420.00 | ↑ +928% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Radiation therapy dose plan at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $147.11 | $69.38 – $460.46 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $259.54 | $60.76 – $422.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $91.16 | $88.44 – $342.40 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $210.00 | $91.98 – $450.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $269.11 | $91.98 – $422.25 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $260.11 | $91.98 – $422.25 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $350.30 | $69.38 – $724.43 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $160.27 | $64.05 – $502.32 |