44/100
#1,458 nationally
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ 85306 · (602) 865-4470
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center billed $5.12 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 105
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #20
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,177 | $17,926 | $2,640 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
412 | $74,524 | $15,937 | +14% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
151 | $62,520 | $12,518 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
133 | $47,880 | $10,817 | +10% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
116 | $27,945 | $3,084 | +11% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $42,987 | $5,528 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $18,100 | $3,083 | -5% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $42,700 | $11,033 | -8% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $60,274 | $13,718 | +10% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $41,273 | $8,494 | +5% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,324 | $5,046 | +69% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$41,446 | $6,047 | +65% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,241 | $3,175 | +64% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$52,192 | $7,394 | +42% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,757 | $3,156 | +41% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$111,600 | $18,131 | +34% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$254,113 | $41,492 | +34% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$43,809 | $8,178 | +33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay |
$25,113 | $7,514 | -55% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$57,222 | $18,382 | -41% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications
MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay |
$47,264 | $13,390 | -34% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay |
$39,778 | $10,846 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,138 | $1,562 | -28% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$86,894 | $23,920 | -26% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$28,752 | $8,859 | -26% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$49,005 | $11,416 | -26% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.