Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at Banner Del Webb Medical Center

14502 West Meeker Boulevard, Sun City West, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1588823553

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

$7.85

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.

$51.00

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.

$16.77 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $70.40 with Aetna — 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.77 ↑ +114%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $16.77 ↑ +114%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $16.77 ↑ +114%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
Mercy Care Medicaid $16.77 ↑ +114%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $16.77 ↑ +114%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $16.77 ↑ +114%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $16.77 ↑ +114%
Health Net Medicare $16.77 ↑ +114%
Health Net Medicaid $16.77 ↑ +114%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $16.77 ↑ +114%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $16.77 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.77 ↑ +114%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +114%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $17.14 ↑ +118%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↑ +120%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $17.61 ↑ +124%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $17.61 ↑ +124%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $17.85 ↑ +127%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $18.45 ↑ +135%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↑ +135%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $22.43 ↑ +186%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $22.81 ↑ +191%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $22.95 ↑ +192%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $22.95 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $23.48 ↑ +199%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $24.82 ↑ +216%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $25.16 ↑ +221%
Aetna Medical Rental $26.88 ↑ +242%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $27.54 ↑ +251%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $27.67 ↑ +252%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $29.43 ↑ +275%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $31.02 ↑ +295%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $32.70 ↑ +317%
United Healthcare UHC Core $34.29 ↑ +337%
United Healthcare Commercial $37.74 ↑ +381%
Provider Network of America Commercial $38.25 ↑ +387%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $40.80 ↑ +420%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $44.02 ↑ +461%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $46.96 ↑ +498%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $49.30 ↑ +528%
Aetna Joint Venture $56.31 ↑ +617%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $58.69 ↑ +648%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $58.69 ↑ +648%
Aetna Designated Group $59.84 ↑ +662%
Aetna Broad Network $70.40 ↑ +797%

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $150.80 $9.40 – $51.66
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.16 $16.77 – $38.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.26 $16.77 – $40.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $7.96 $16.77 – $40.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.48 $16.77 – $38.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $7.70 $16.77 – $40.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $5.76 $16.77 – $38.25
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $7.65 $16.77 – $38.25

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