X-ray mandible complete > 4 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

$99.58

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.

$389.00

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.

$49.94 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 $49.94 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↓ -27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -21%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $79.00 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -21%
Mercy Care Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -21%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -21%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -21%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $113.34 ↑ +14%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $113.34 ↑ +14%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $113.34 ↑ +14%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $113.34 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +14%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $113.34 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare Advantage $116.74 ↑ +17%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↑ +20%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↑ +20%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $124.67 ↑ +25%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $128.36 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $128.36 ↑ +29%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $130.70 ↑ +31%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $136.15 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $136.92 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $143.76 ↑ +44%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $154.14 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $158.68 ↑ +59%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $167.74 ↑ +68%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $170.01 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $171.14 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $171.14 ↑ +72%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $175.05 ↑ +76%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $175.05 ↑ +76%
Aetna Joint Venture $179.72 ↑ +80%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $187.01 ↑ +88%
Aetna Designated Group $191.00 ↑ +92%
Aetna Medical Rental $205.00 ↑ +106%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $210.06 ↑ +111%
Aetna Broad Network $224.45 ↑ +125%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $255.57 ↑ +157%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $267.24 ↑ +168%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $272.30 ↑ +173%
Provider Network of America Commercial $291.75 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $467.28 ↑ +369%
United Healthcare UHC Core $509.21 ↑ +411%
United Healthcare Commercial $551.65 ↑ +454%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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X-ray mandible complete > 4 views at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $249.20 $45.77 – $311.85
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $109.70 $49.94 – $291.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $159.00 $60.25 – $424.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $163.24 $60.25 – $424.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $112.03 $79.00 – $291.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $94.92 $79.00 – $311.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $83.64 $60.25 – $291.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $90.64 $49.94 – $311.20

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