Vein x-ray skull epidural at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$705.54
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.
$2,756.00
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 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $117.06 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $300.89 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $300.89 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $320.95 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $337.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $392.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $392.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $392.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $401.19 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $401.19 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $658.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $678.72 | ↓ -4% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $691.90 | ↓ -2% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $691.90 | ↓ -2% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $724.85 | ↑ +3% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $724.85 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $896.17 | ↑ +27% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $922.53 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $926.02 | ↑ +31% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $964.60 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $975.25 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $988.42 | ↑ +40% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,087.27 | ↑ +54% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,240.20 | ↑ +76% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,240.20 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,273.27 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,353.20 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,452.41 | ↑ +106% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,488.24 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,590.21 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,810.69 | ↑ +157% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,893.37 | ↑ +168% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,929.20 | ↑ +173% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,067.00 | ↑ +193% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,319.94 | ↑ +229% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,528.13 | ↑ +258% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,741.96 | ↑ +289% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Vein x-ray skull epidural at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $734.56 | $134.82 – $2,299.22 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $777.19 | $117.06 – $2,067.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $579.60 | $177.56 – $1,545.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $595.06 | $177.56 – $1,545.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $793.73 | $300.89 – $2,067.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $592.54 | $176.21 – $2,067.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $771.68 | $300.89 – $2,067.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $719.32 | $300.89 – $2,067.00 |