X-ray of mammary ducts at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$265.98
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.
$1,039.00
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 $1,165.03 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 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $87.25 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -37% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $166.84 | ↓ -37% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -37% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -37% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $166.84 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $224.27 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $224.27 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $239.22 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $251.18 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $265.36 | ↓ -0% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $270.51 | ↑ +2% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $270.51 | ↑ +2% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $283.39 | ↑ +7% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $283.39 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $299.03 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $299.03 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $349.10 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $350.38 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $360.68 | ↑ +36% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $363.65 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $381.29 | ↑ +43% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $386.44 | ↑ +45% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $425.09 | ↑ +60% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $467.55 | ↑ +76% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $467.55 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $480.02 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $510.15 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $547.55 | ↑ +106% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $561.06 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $599.50 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $682.62 | ↑ +157% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $713.79 | ↑ +168% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $727.30 | ↑ +173% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $779.25 | ↑ +193% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $987.59 | ↑ +271% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $1,076.21 | ↑ +305% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,165.03 | ↑ +338% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray of mammary ducts at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $293.00 | $87.25 – $779.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $268.50 | $94.43 – $716.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $275.66 | $94.43 – $716.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $299.23 | $166.84 – $779.25 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $290.92 | $166.84 – $779.25 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $271.18 | $166.84 – $779.25 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $308.58 | $166.84 – $779.25 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $234.26 | $166.84 – $397.80 |