App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at Banner Boswell Medical Center

10401 West Thunderbird Blvd, Sun City, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1952560914

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

$280.23

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.

$1,162.00

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.

$390.43 with Aetna vs $6,438.20 with Oscar Health Plan — 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $390.43 ↑ +39%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $406.70 ↑ +45%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $522.90 ↑ +87%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $522.90 ↑ +87%
Aetna Joint Venture $536.84 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $563.57 ↑ +101%
Aetna Designated Group $570.54 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare UHC Core $589.13 ↑ +110%
Aetna Medical Rental $612.37 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Commercial $620.51 ↑ +121%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $627.48 ↑ +124%
Aetna Broad Network $670.47 ↑ +139%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $763.43 ↑ +172%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $798.29 ↑ +185%
Provider Network of America Commercial $871.50 ↑ +211%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $929.60 ↑ +232%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,495.41 ↑ +790%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2,553.56 ↑ +811%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $2,553.56 ↑ +811%
Health Net Medicaid $2,553.56 ↑ +811%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $2,553.56 ↑ +811%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $2,553.56 ↑ +811%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,661.73 ↑ +850%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,794.82 ↑ +897%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,327.16 ↑ +1087%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,327.16 ↑ +1087%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,327.16 ↑ +1087%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Health Net Medicare $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,901.94 ↑ +1292%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $4,097.04 ↑ +1362%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $4,097.04 ↑ +1362%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4,292.13 ↑ +1432%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $4,292.13 ↑ +1432%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $5,306.64 ↑ +1794%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $5,462.72 ↑ +1849%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $5,774.87 ↑ +1961%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5,852.91 ↑ +1989%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $6,438.20 ↑ +2197%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $601.92 $390.43 – $6,438.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $446.21 $390.43 – $6,438.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $522.90 $406.70 – $5,852.91
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $2,601.04 $202.77 – $5,135.00
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $8,636.88 $202.77 – $430.36
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $202.77 – $3,901.94
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $2,553.56 – $2,788.18
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa not published $2,553.56 – $3,268.08

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