Transcath biopsy at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$896.59
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.
$2,911.00
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 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $949.44 | ↑ +6% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,018.85 | ↑ +14% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,309.95 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,309.95 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,534.10 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,571.94 | ↑ +75% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,037.70 | ↑ +127% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,183.25 | ↑ +144% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,440.42 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $2,440.42 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,603.12 | ↑ +190% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,733.25 | ↑ +205% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $3,253.90 | ↑ +263% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $3,253.90 | ↑ +263% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $3,458.52 | ↑ +286% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $3,458.52 | ↑ +286% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $3,458.52 | ↑ +286% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $3,458.52 | ↑ +286% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $3,458.52 | ↑ +286% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $3,458.52 | ↑ +286% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +348% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +398% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +543% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $5,934.35 | ↑ +562% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $6,049.57 | ↑ +575% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $6,049.57 | ↑ +575% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,337.65 | ↑ +607% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $6,337.65 | ↑ +607% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $7,835.64 | ↑ +774% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $8,066.10 | ↑ +800% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $8,527.02 | ↑ +851% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $8,578.00 | ↑ +857% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $8,642.25 | ↑ +864% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $8,965.00 | ↑ +900% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $9,437.00 | ↑ +953% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $9,506.48 | ↑ +960% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $10,026.00 | ↑ +1018% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $11,883.00 | ↑ +1225% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $12,626.00 | ↑ +1308% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $14,854.00 | ↑ +1557% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Transcath biopsy at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,042.14 | $949.44 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,517.34 | $1,463.00 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $2,202.86 | $1,463.00 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $995.56 | $1,018.85 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $841.28 | $1,018.85 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $806.35 | $1,018.85 – $8,642.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $928.61 | $949.44 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,030.49 | $1,018.85 – $9,506.48 |