Renal function panel at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$42.66
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.
$270.00
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.
$8.68 with Aetna vs $202.50 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.
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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $8.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $8.94 | ↓ -79% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $9.11 | ↓ -79% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $9.11 | ↓ -79% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $9.55 | ↓ -78% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $9.55 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $11.61 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $11.80 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $12.15 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $12.85 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $13.02 | ↓ -69% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $14.32 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $15.23 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $16.05 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $16.92 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $17.75 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $19.53 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $29.15 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $29.84 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $29.84 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $30.97 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $31.83 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $33.42 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $36.44 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $39.79 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $39.79 | ↓ -7% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $90.72 | ↑ +113% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $94.50 | ↑ +122% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $121.50 | ↑ +185% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $121.50 | ↑ +185% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $142.29 | ↑ +234% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $145.80 | ↑ +242% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $189.00 | ↑ +343% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $202.50 | ↑ +375% |
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Renal function panel at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $155.48 | $8.68 – $486.64 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $43.20 | $8.68 – $202.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $44.06 | $8.68 – $217.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $42.43 | $8.68 – $217.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $34.29 | $8.68 – $202.50 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $158.19 | $8.68 – $189.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $40.77 | $8.68 – $216.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $30.51 | $8.68 – $202.50 |