Set radiation therapy field 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

$485.30

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.

$1,161.00

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.

$72.99 with Mercy Care 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.

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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
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -81%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $91.98 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -81%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $91.98 ↓ -81%
Mercy Care Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -81%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $141.51 ↓ -71%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $141.51 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $141.51 ↓ -71%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $141.51 ↓ -71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $141.51 ↓ -71%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $145.76 ↓ -70%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $148.59 ↓ -69%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $148.59 ↓ -69%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $155.66 ↓ -68%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $155.66 ↓ -68%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $192.45 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $198.11 ↓ -59%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $209.43 ↓ -57%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $212.26 ↓ -56%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $233.49 ↓ -52%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $390.10 ↓ -20%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $406.35 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $419.04 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $522.45 ↑ +8%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $522.45 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medical Rental $611.85 ↑ +26%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $626.94 ↑ +29%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $762.78 ↑ +57%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $797.61 ↑ +64%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $812.70 ↑ +67%
Provider Network of America Commercial $870.75 ↑ +79%
Aetna Joint Venture $883.12 ↑ +82%
Aetna Designated Group $938.35 ↑ +93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,077.10 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,077.10 ↑ +122%
Aetna Broad Network $1,104.03 ↑ +127%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,148.90 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,206.34 ↑ +149%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,436.13 ↑ +196%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,436.13 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,200.00 ↑ +353%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,299.00 ↑ +374%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,420.00 ↑ +399%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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