Vein x-ray eye socket at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$591.36
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.
$2,310.00
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 $2,741.96 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 |
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| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $116.55 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $299.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $299.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $319.54 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $335.51 | ↓ -43% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $392.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $392.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $399.42 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $399.42 | ↓ -32% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↑ +11% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $678.72 | ↑ +15% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $691.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $691.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $724.85 | ↑ +23% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $724.85 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $776.16 | ↑ +31% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $808.50 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $896.17 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $922.53 | ↑ +56% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $975.25 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $988.42 | ↑ +67% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,039.50 | ↑ +76% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,039.50 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,067.22 | ↑ +80% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,087.27 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,134.21 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,217.37 | ↑ +106% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,247.40 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,332.87 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,517.67 | ↑ +157% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,586.97 | ↑ +168% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,617.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,732.50 | ↑ +193% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,319.94 | ↑ +292% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,528.13 | ↑ +328% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,741.96 | ↑ +364% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Vein x-ray eye socket at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $651.42 | $116.55 – $1,732.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $386.40 | $148.30 – $1,087.27 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $396.70 | $148.30 – $1,087.27 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $646.80 | $299.57 – $1,732.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $602.91 | $299.57 – $1,732.50 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $686.07 | $299.57 – $1,732.50 |