Valvuloplasty aortic at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$3,315.31
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.
$10,764.00
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 $25,369.04 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 | ↓ -98% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $3,593.71 | ↑ +8% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $3,593.71 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $3,593.71 | ↑ +8% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $3,593.71 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $3,593.71 | ↑ +8% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $3,593.71 | ↑ +8% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $3,767.40 | ↑ +14% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $4,843.80 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $4,843.80 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $5,672.63 | ↑ +71% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $5,812.56 | ↑ +75% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $6,076.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $6,259.09 | ↑ +89% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $6,380.63 | ↑ +92% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $6,380.63 | ↑ +92% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,684.47 | ↑ +102% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $6,684.47 | ↑ +102% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $7,071.95 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $7,394.87 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $7,402.32 | ↑ +123% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $7,534.80 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $7,604.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $8,073.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $8,264.43 | ↑ +149% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $8,507.51 | ↑ +157% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $8,578.00 | ↑ +159% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $8,965.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $8,993.65 | ↑ +171% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $9,112.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $9,115.18 | ↑ +175% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $9,437.00 | ↑ +185% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $9,682.00 | ↑ +192% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $10,026.70 | ↑ +202% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $11,390.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $19,026.78 | ↑ +474% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $19,026.78 | ↑ +474% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $20,295.23 | ↑ +512% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $21,309.83 | ↑ +543% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $25,369.04 | ↑ +665% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $25,369.04 | ↑ +665% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $4,066.14 | $1,357.16 – $12,727.33 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $3,853.51 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $5,986.60 | $3,593.71 – $13,193.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $8,691.28 | $3,593.71 – $13,193.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $3,681.29 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $3,110.80 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $3,810.46 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $4,165.67 | $3,593.71 – $10,026.70 |