Assay of urine sulfate 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

$11.09

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.

$72.00

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.

$5.49 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $23.05 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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $5.49 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicare $5.49 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid $5.49 ↓ -50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.49 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.49 ↓ -50%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $5.49 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $5.49 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $5.49 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $5.49 ↓ -50%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $5.49 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $5.49 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Medicaid $5.49 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.65 ↓ -49%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $5.71 ↓ -49%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.76 ↓ -48%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $5.76 ↓ -48%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $5.95 ↓ -46%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $6.04 ↓ -46%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.04 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $7.34 ↓ -34%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $7.47 ↓ -33%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $7.65 ↓ -31%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $7.65 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $7.69 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $8.13 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $8.23 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medical Rental $8.96 ↓ -19%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $9.06 ↓ -18%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $9.18 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $9.64 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $10.16 ↓ -8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $10.71 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare UHC Core $11.23 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.36 ↑ +11%
Provider Network of America Commercial $12.75 ↑ +15%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $13.60 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $14.41 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $15.37 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $16.14 ↑ +46%
Aetna Joint Venture $18.44 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $19.21 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $19.21 ↑ +73%
Aetna Designated Group $19.59 ↑ +77%
Aetna Broad Network $23.05 ↑ +108%

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Assay of urine sulfate at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $5.41 $3.08 – $16.91
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $11.52 $5.49 – $12.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $11.66 $5.49 – $13.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $11.23 $5.49 – $13.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $9.14 $5.49 – $12.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $10.87 $5.49 – $13.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $8.14 $5.49 – $12.75
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $10.80 $5.49 – $12.75

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