Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$322.92
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.
$780.00
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.
$43.79 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $585.00 with Provider Network of America — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $43.79 | ↓ -86% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $112.56 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $112.56 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $120.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $126.07 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $150.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $150.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $156.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $184.86 | ↓ -43% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $184.86 | ↓ -43% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $184.86 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $184.86 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $184.86 | ↓ -43% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $184.86 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $198.12 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $234.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $262.08 | ↓ -19% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $273.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $312.00 | ↓ -3% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $351.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $351.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $360.36 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $382.98 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $390.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $390.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $411.06 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $421.20 | ↑ +30% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $421.20 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $450.06 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $512.46 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $535.86 | ↑ +66% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $546.00 | ↑ +69% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $585.00 | ↑ +81% |
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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $371.22 | $61.15 – $1,161.93 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $272.22 | $43.79 – $585.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $322.01 | $79.81 – $773.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $271.73 | $67.64 – $773.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $249.60 | $112.56 – $585.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $115.44 | $85.95 – $624.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $212.94 | $65.92 – $585.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $269.10 | $43.79 – $624.00 |