X-ray facial bones complete > 3 views at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$89.86

Cash price

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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.

$351.00

Gross charge

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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.

$54.63 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $551.65 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $54.63 ↓ -39%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -19%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -12%
Mercy Care Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -12%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -12%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $79.00 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $113.34 ↑ +26%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $113.34 ↑ +26%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $113.34 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $113.34 ↑ +26%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $113.34 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare Advantage $116.74 ↑ +30%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $117.94 ↑ +31%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↑ +32%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↑ +32%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $122.85 ↑ +37%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↑ +39%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $124.67 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $140.42 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $140.42 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $149.78 ↑ +67%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $154.14 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $157.27 ↑ +75%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $157.95 ↑ +76%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $157.95 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $158.68 ↑ +77%
Aetna Joint Venture $162.16 ↑ +80%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $167.74 ↑ +87%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $170.01 ↑ +89%
Aetna Designated Group $172.34 ↑ +92%
Aetna Medical Rental $184.98 ↑ +106%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $187.01 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $187.23 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $187.23 ↑ +108%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $189.54 ↑ +111%
Aetna Broad Network $202.53 ↑ +125%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $230.61 ↑ +157%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $241.14 ↑ +168%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $245.70 ↑ +173%
Provider Network of America Commercial $263.25 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $467.28 ↑ +420%
United Healthcare UHC Core $509.21 ↑ +467%
United Healthcare Commercial $551.65 ↑ +514%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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X-ray facial bones complete > 3 views at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $279.71 $49.71 – $350.35
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $98.98 $54.63 – $263.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $162.60 $65.29 – $433.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $166.94 $65.29 – $433.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $101.09 $79.00 – $263.25
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $205.64 $43.53 – $245.70
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $85.64 $79.00 – $280.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $75.47 $65.29 – $263.25

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