Rmvl perm pm pulse gen at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$1,534.15
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.
$4,981.00
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.
$72.99 with Mercy Care vs $14,854.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,271.44 | ↓ -17% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,743.35 | ↑ +14% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,241.45 | ↑ +46% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,241.45 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2,624.99 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2,689.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,268.08 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $3,268.08 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,485.96 | ↑ +127% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $3,486.70 | ↑ +127% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $3,660.23 | ↑ +139% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $3,735.75 | ↑ +144% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,357.45 | ↑ +184% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,357.45 | ↑ +184% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +191% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $5,910.62 | ↑ +285% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $5,910.62 | ↑ +285% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $5,910.62 | ↑ +285% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $5,910.62 | ↑ +285% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $5,910.62 | ↑ +285% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $5,910.62 | ↑ +285% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $6,560.00 | ↑ +328% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $6,856.00 | ↑ +347% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $7,217.00 | ↑ +370% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $8,820.71 | ↑ +475% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $9,085.33 | ↑ +492% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $9,261.75 | ↑ +504% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $9,261.75 | ↑ +504% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $9,702.78 | ↑ +532% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $9,702.78 | ↑ +532% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $10,026.00 | ↑ +554% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $11,883.00 | ↑ +675% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $11,996.17 | ↑ +682% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $12,348.99 | ↑ +705% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $12,626.00 | ↑ +723% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $13,054.65 | ↑ +751% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $13,231.07 | ↑ +762% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $14,554.17 | ↑ +849% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $14,854.00 | ↑ +868% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Rmvl perm pm pulse gen at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $4,614.96 | $241.03 – $14,445.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,783.20 | $1,271.44 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $2,794.01 | $2,693.95 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $4,056.32 | $1,963.82 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,703.50 | $1,743.35 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,439.51 | $1,743.35 – $14,554.17 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1,379.74 | $1,743.35 – $13,231.07 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $1,588.94 | $1,271.44 – $14,554.17 |