Assay acid phosphatase 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

$9.51

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.

$63.00

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.

$7.64 with Banner Health vs $50.40 with Arizona Medical Network — 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
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $7.64 ↓ -20%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare $7.64 ↓ -20%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $7.64 ↓ -20%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $7.64 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $7.64 ↓ -20%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $7.64 ↓ -20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $7.64 ↓ -20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicaid $7.64 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $7.64 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $7.64 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $7.64 ↓ -20%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $8.02 ↓ -16%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $8.02 ↓ -16%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $8.40 ↓ -12%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.40 ↓ -12%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $10.39 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $10.70 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $11.31 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $11.46 ↑ +21%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $12.61 ↑ +33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $13.42 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $14.13 ↑ +49%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $14.91 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare UHC Core $15.63 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.19 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $20.04 ↑ +111%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $21.17 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $21.38 ↑ +125%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $22.05 ↑ +132%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $22.45 ↑ +136%
Aetna Joint Venture $25.66 ↑ +170%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $26.72 ↑ +181%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $26.72 ↑ +181%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $26.72 ↑ +181%
Aetna Designated Group $27.26 ↑ +187%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $28.35 ↑ +198%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $28.35 ↑ +198%
Aetna Broad Network $32.07 ↑ +237%
Aetna Medical Rental $33.20 ↑ +249%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $34.02 ↑ +258%
Provider Network of America Commercial $47.25 ↑ +397%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $50.40 ↑ +430%

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Assay acid phosphatase at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $7.52 $4.28 – $23.54
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $10.08 $7.64 – $47.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $10.21 $7.64 – $50.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.83 $7.64 – $50.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $8.00 $7.64 – $47.25
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $7.12 $7.64 – $47.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $9.70 $7.64 – $50.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $9.45 $7.64 – $47.25

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