Rbc osmotic fragility 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

$22.63

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.

$123.00

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.

$7.47 with Aetna vs $92.25 with Provider Network of America — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $7.47 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $7.47 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid $7.47 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $7.47 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $7.47 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $7.47 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Medicaid $7.47 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $7.47 ↓ -67%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $7.47 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $7.47 ↓ -67%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $7.47 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.69 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $7.84 ↓ -65%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $7.84 ↓ -65%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $8.22 ↓ -64%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.22 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $9.99 ↓ -56%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $10.16 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $10.46 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $11.06 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $11.21 ↓ -50%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $12.33 ↓ -46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $13.12 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $13.82 ↓ -39%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $14.58 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare UHC Core $15.27 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $16.82 ↓ -26%
Aetna Joint Venture $25.08 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $25.68 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $25.68 ↑ +13%
Aetna Designated Group $26.65 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $27.39 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $28.76 ↑ +27%
Aetna Broad Network $31.36 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $34.24 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $34.24 ↑ +51%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $41.33 ↑ +83%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $43.05 ↑ +90%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $55.35 ↑ +145%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $55.35 ↑ +145%
Aetna Medical Rental $64.82 ↑ +186%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $66.42 ↑ +194%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +223%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $86.10 ↑ +280%
Provider Network of America Commercial $92.25 ↑ +308%

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Rbc osmotic fragility at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $62.98 $7.47 – $197.12
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $16.85 $7.47 – $98.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $22.75 $7.47 – $98.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $23.25 $7.47 – $92.25
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $21.28 $7.47 – $92.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $9.39 $4.48 – $36.36
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $24.45 $3.14 – $32.39
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $10.13 $4.48 – $36.36

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