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Transcath mv repair addl prosthesis 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

$3,049.51

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.

$9,901.00

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 $12,684.52 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.

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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 ↓ -98%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $936.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,980.20 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↓ -24%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $2,346.54 ↓ -23%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $2,346.54 ↓ -23%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $2,346.54 ↓ -23%
Mercy Care Medicaid $2,346.54 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid $2,346.54 ↓ -23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2,346.54 ↓ -23%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,514.85 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2,970.30 ↓ -3%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $3,465.35 ↑ +14%
Aetna Joint Venture $3,617.00 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,701.16 ↑ +21%
Aetna Designated Group $3,843.00 ↑ +26%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $3,960.40 ↑ +30%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +32%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $4,455.45 ↑ +46%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $4,455.45 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +46%
Aetna Broad Network $4,521.00 ↑ +48%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $4,950.50 ↑ +62%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $4,950.50 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medical Rental $5,217.83 ↑ +71%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $5,346.54 ↑ +75%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $5,346.54 ↑ +75%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $6,930.70 ↑ +127%
Provider Network of America Commercial $7,425.75 ↑ +144%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $9,513.39 ↑ +212%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $9,513.39 ↑ +212%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $10,147.62 ↑ +233%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $10,654.92 ↑ +249%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $12,684.52 ↑ +316%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $12,684.52 ↑ +316%

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Transcath mv repair addl prosthesis at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $3,544.56 $936.00 – $7,425.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $3,041.21 $808.00 – $8,116.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $4,415.21 $808.00 – $6,702.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $3,386.14 $936.00 – $9,513.39
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $2,861.39 $936.00 – $7,920.80
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $2,801.98 $936.00 – $7,977.61

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