Reticulated platelet assay at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$29.44
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.
$160.00
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.
$35.74 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $163.77 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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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| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $35.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $36.81 | ↑ +25% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $37.53 | ↑ +27% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $37.53 | ↑ +27% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $39.31 | ↑ +34% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $39.31 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $47.78 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $48.61 | ↑ +65% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $50.04 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $52.90 | ↑ +80% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $53.61 | ↑ +82% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $53.76 | ↑ +83% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $56.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $58.97 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $62.72 | ↑ +113% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $66.11 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $69.69 | ↑ +137% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $72.00 | ↑ +145% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $72.00 | ↑ +145% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +148% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $73.09 | ↑ +148% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $80.42 | ↑ +173% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $84.32 | ↑ +186% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $86.40 | ↑ +193% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $112.00 | ↑ +280% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $120.00 | ↑ +308% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $120.01 | ↑ +308% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $122.83 | ↑ +317% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $122.83 | ↑ +317% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $127.52 | ↑ +333% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $131.01 | ↑ +345% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $137.56 | ↑ +367% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $150.04 | ↑ +410% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $163.77 | ↑ +456% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $163.77 | ↑ +456% |
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Reticulated platelet assay at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $35.17 | $20.02 – $110.08 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $29.28 | $35.74 – $120.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $16.17 | $35.74 – $94.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $15.34 | $35.74 – $94.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $72.00 | $35.74 – $120.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $29.60 | $35.74 – $128.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $33.92 | $35.74 – $120.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $30.56 | $35.74 – $128.00 |