Tte w or without fol w/con,stres at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$505.52
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.
$2,454.00
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 $4,794.70 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.
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 | ↓ -86% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↑ +3% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↑ +3% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $518.51 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $518.51 | ↑ +3% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $518.51 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $824.54 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $842.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $858.90 | ↑ +70% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $867.32 | ↑ +72% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $884.16 | ↑ +75% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $884.16 | ↑ +75% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $926.27 | ↑ +83% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $926.27 | ↑ +83% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,104.30 | ↑ +118% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,104.30 | ↑ +118% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,133.75 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,145.20 | ↑ +127% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,178.88 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,204.91 | ↑ +138% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,246.25 | ↑ +147% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,263.09 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,293.26 | ↑ +156% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,325.16 | ↑ +162% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,389.40 | ↑ +175% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,399.03 | ↑ +177% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,415.96 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,612.28 | ↑ +219% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,685.90 | ↑ +233% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,717.80 | ↑ +240% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,840.50 | ↑ +264% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,128.00 | ↑ +321% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,224.00 | ↑ +340% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,341.00 | ↑ +363% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $3,596.03 | ↑ +611% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,596.03 | ↑ +611% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,835.76 | ↑ +659% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $4,027.52 | ↑ +697% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,794.70 | ↑ +848% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,794.70 | ↑ +848% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Tte w or without fol w/con,stres at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $826.32 | $470.26 – $2,586.43 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $603.68 | $518.51 – $1,840.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $523.95 | $518.51 – $2,015.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $717.92 | $518.51 – $2,015.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $525.16 | $518.51 – $1,840.50 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $478.53 | $518.51 – $1,963.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $431.90 | $518.51 – $1,840.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $512.89 | $518.51 – $1,963.20 |