Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos 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

$366.30

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.

$1,980.00

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 $3,322.06 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 ↓ -80%
Mercy Care Medicaid $474.40 ↑ +30%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $474.40 ↑ +30%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $474.40 ↑ +30%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $474.40 ↑ +30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $474.40 ↑ +30%
Health Net Medicaid $474.40 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $613.00 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare UHC Core $640.00 ↑ +75%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $665.28 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Commercial $674.00 ↑ +84%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $693.00 ↑ +89%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $745.78 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $745.78 ↑ +104%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $745.78 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $745.78 ↑ +104%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $745.78 ↑ +104%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $745.78 ↑ +104%
Humana Medicare Advantage $768.15 ↑ +110%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $783.07 ↑ +114%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $783.07 ↑ +114%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $820.36 ↑ +124%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $820.36 ↑ +124%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $891.00 ↑ +143%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $891.00 ↑ +143%
Aetna Joint Venture $914.76 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $969.33 ↑ +165%
Aetna Designated Group $972.18 ↑ +165%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,014.26 ↑ +177%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,043.46 ↑ +185%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,044.09 ↑ +185%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,069.20 ↑ +192%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,103.75 ↑ +201%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,118.67 ↑ +205%
Aetna Broad Network $1,142.46 ↑ +212%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,230.54 ↑ +236%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,300.86 ↑ +255%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,360.26 ↑ +271%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,386.00 ↑ +278%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,485.00 ↑ +305%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2,491.55 ↑ +580%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,491.55 ↑ +580%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,657.65 ↑ +626%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,790.51 ↑ +662%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,322.06 ↑ +807%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,322.06 ↑ +807%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $565.56 $235.78 – $1,770.23
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $378.18 $474.40 – $1,485.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $471.24 $474.40 – $1,584.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $346.50 $474.40 – $1,584.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $461.34 $474.40 – $1,485.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $405.90 $474.40 – $1,584.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $429.66 $474.40 – $1,485.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $435.60 $474.40 – $1,584.00

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