Wbc automated at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$1.47
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.
$8.00
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.
$2.54 with Wellpoint vs $72.99 with Mercy Care — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $2.62 | ↑ +78% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $2.67 | ↑ +82% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $2.67 | ↑ +82% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2.69 | ↑ +83% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $2.79 | ↑ +90% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.79 | ↑ +90% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $2.80 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $3.39 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $3.45 | ↑ +135% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $3.56 | ↑ +142% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $3.60 | ↑ +145% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $3.60 | ↑ +145% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $3.76 | ↑ +156% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $3.81 | ↑ +159% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $4.19 | ↑ +185% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $4.22 | ↑ +187% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $4.32 | ↑ +194% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4.46 | ↑ +203% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $4.69 | ↑ +219% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4.95 | ↑ +237% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $5.19 | ↑ +253% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $5.60 | ↑ +281% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5.71 | ↑ +288% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $6.00 | ↑ +308% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $8.53 | ↑ +480% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $8.70 | ↑ +492% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $8.70 | ↑ +492% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $9.06 | ↑ +516% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $9.28 | ↑ +531% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $9.75 | ↑ +563% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $10.66 | ↑ +625% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $11.60 | ↑ +689% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $11.60 | ↑ +689% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↑ +4865% |
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Wbc automated at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $15.50 | $2.54 – $48.51 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $3.60 | $2.54 – $6.00 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $4.69 | $2.54 – $5.60 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1.70 | $2.54 – $6.00 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $1.81 | $2.54 – $6.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1.81 | $2.54 – $6.00 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $1.67 | $2.54 – $6.00 |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center | Chandler | $2.22 | $2.54 – $6.00 |