App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm addl 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

$80.07

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.

$332.00

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.

$66.40 with Aetna vs $1,665.99 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 Medicare Advantage $66.40 ↓ -17%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $84.33 ↑ +5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $99.60 ↑ +24%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $111.55 ↑ +39%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $116.20 ↑ +45%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $132.80 ↑ +66%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $149.40 ↑ +87%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $149.40 ↑ +87%
Aetna Joint Venture $153.38 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $161.02 ↑ +101%
Aetna Designated Group $163.01 ↑ +104%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $166.00 ↑ +107%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $166.00 ↑ +107%
Health Net Medicare $166.00 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare UHC Core $168.32 ↑ +110%
Aetna Medical Rental $174.96 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.29 ↑ +121%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $179.28 ↑ +124%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $179.28 ↑ +124%
Aetna Broad Network $191.56 ↑ +139%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $218.12 ↑ +172%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $228.08 ↑ +185%
Health Net Medicaid $242.50 ↑ +203%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $242.50 ↑ +203%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $242.50 ↑ +203%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $242.50 ↑ +203%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $242.50 ↑ +203%
Provider Network of America Commercial $249.00 ↑ +211%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $265.60 ↑ +232%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,249.51 ↑ +1461%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,332.79 ↑ +1565%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,399.43 ↑ +1648%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,665.99 ↑ +1981%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,665.99 ↑ +1981%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,665.99 ↑ +1981%

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $171.98 $66.40 – $636.64
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $127.49 $66.40 – $1,636.41
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $149.40 $66.40 – $958.32
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $1,300.71 $46.13 – $2,591.99
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $4,292.47 $46.13 – $87.40
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $46.13 – $1,215.84
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $242.50 – $1,396.11
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa not published $242.50 – $1,636.41

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