Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$2,401.50
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.
$16,010.00
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 $7,067.00 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.
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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -97% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $920.08 | ↓ -62% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $1,410.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $1,452.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $1,480.77 | ↓ -38% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $1,480.77 | ↓ -38% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $1,551.29 | ↓ -35% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,551.29 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,917.95 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,974.36 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $2,087.18 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $2,115.39 | ↓ -12% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $2,234.75 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2,306.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $2,326.93 | ↓ -3% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,873.25 | ↑ +20% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,873.25 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $3,236.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $3,364.89 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $3,438.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $3,447.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $3,852.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $4,045.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,280.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $4,469.50 | ↑ +86% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $4,788.75 | ↑ +99% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $6,762.00 | ↑ +182% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $7,067.00 | ↑ +194% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $7,067.00 | ↑ +194% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $3,439.33 | $1,410.26 – $13,981.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $3,730.33 | $920.08 – $4,788.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $2,945.84 | $920.08 – $5,108.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $1,772.00 | $574.24 – $3,188.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $941.22 | $574.24 – $2,988.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $729.56 | $380.42 – $2,326.93 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $551.14 | $380.42 – $2,115.39 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $845.30 | $574.24 – $3,188.00 |