Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$8.76

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.

$58.00

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.

$16.18 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $67.92 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. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.18 ↑ +85%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $16.18 ↑ +85%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $16.18 ↑ +85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $16.18 ↑ +85%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $16.18 ↑ +85%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $16.18 ↑ +85%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $16.18 ↑ +85%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $16.18 ↑ +85%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $16.18 ↑ +85%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
Health Net Medicare $16.18 ↑ +85%
Health Net Medicaid $16.18 ↑ +85%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↑ +85%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $16.99 ↑ +94%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $16.99 ↑ +94%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $17.80 ↑ +103%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.80 ↑ +103%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $19.49 ↑ +122%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $20.30 ↑ +132%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $22.00 ↑ +151%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $22.65 ↑ +159%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $23.95 ↑ +173%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $24.27 ↑ +177%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $26.10 ↑ +198%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $26.10 ↑ +198%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $26.70 ↑ +205%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $28.40 ↑ +224%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $29.92 ↑ +242%
Aetna Medical Rental $30.57 ↑ +249%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $31.32 ↑ +258%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $31.56 ↑ +260%
United Healthcare UHC Core $33.09 ↑ +278%
United Healthcare Commercial $36.41 ↑ +316%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $42.47 ↑ +385%
Provider Network of America Commercial $43.50 ↑ +397%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $45.30 ↑ +417%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $46.40 ↑ +430%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $47.56 ↑ +443%
Aetna Joint Venture $54.33 ↑ +520%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $56.62 ↑ +546%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $56.62 ↑ +546%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $56.62 ↑ +546%
Aetna Designated Group $57.73 ↑ +559%
Aetna Broad Network $67.92 ↑ +675%

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $15.93 $9.07 – $49.84
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $14.88 $16.18 – $36.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $9.40 $16.18 – $39.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.05 $16.18 – $39.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $7.37 $16.18 – $43.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $33.98 $16.18 – $40.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $6.55 $16.18 – $36.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $8.93 $16.18 – $46.40

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