Upgrade pm system at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$3,935.93
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.
$12,779.00
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 $51,815.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $2,837.28 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $4,472.65 | ↑ +14% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $5,750.55 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $5,750.55 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $6,734.53 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $6,900.66 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $7,292.89 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $7,292.89 | ↑ +85% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $7,540.11 | ↑ +92% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $7,540.11 | ↑ +92% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $7,540.11 | ↑ +92% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $7,540.11 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $7,540.11 | ↑ +92% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $7,540.11 | ↑ +92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $7,779.08 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $8,167.97 | ↑ +108% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $8,945.30 | ↑ +127% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $9,584.25 | ↑ +144% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $9,723.85 | ↑ +147% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $9,723.85 | ↑ +147% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $10,026.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $11,154.16 | ↑ +183% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $11,488.78 | ↑ +192% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $11,711.87 | ↑ +198% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $11,711.87 | ↑ +198% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $12,269.58 | ↑ +212% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $12,269.58 | ↑ +212% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $15,169.66 | ↑ +285% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $15,615.82 | ↑ +297% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $16,508.16 | ↑ +319% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $16,731.24 | ↑ +325% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $17,328.00 | ↑ +340% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $18,404.36 | ↑ +368% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $18,411.00 | ↑ +368% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $21,660.00 | ↑ +450% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $47,100.00 | ↑ +1097% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $49,224.00 | ↑ +1151% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $51,815.00 | ↑ +1216% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Upgrade pm system at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $4,574.88 | $2,837.28 – $18,404.36 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $9,648.90 | $3,243.00 – $21,264.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $14,008.19 | $3,243.00 – $21,264.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $4,370.42 | $4,018.00 – $18,404.36 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $3,693.13 | $4,018.00 – $18,404.36 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $3,539.78 | $2,884.00 – $16,731.24 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $4,076.50 | $2,837.28 – $18,404.36 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $4,523.77 | $4,018.00 – $18,404.36 |