Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at Banner Boswell Medical Center
10401 West Thunderbird Blvd, Sun City, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1952560914
$213.67
Cash price 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.
$886.00
Gross charge 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.
$248.31 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $1,076.49 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $248.31 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $264.86 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $278.11 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $297.70 | ↑ +39% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $310.10 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $331.08 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $331.08 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $331.08 | ↑ +55% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $380.02 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $380.02 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $380.02 | ↑ +78% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $380.02 | ↑ +78% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $380.02 | ↑ +78% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $398.70 | ↑ +87% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $398.70 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $409.33 | ↑ +92% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $429.71 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $435.03 | ↑ +104% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $449.20 | ↑ +110% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $466.92 | ↑ +119% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $473.12 | ↑ +121% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $478.44 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $511.22 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $582.10 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $608.68 | ↑ +185% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $652.42 | ↑ +205% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $664.50 | ↑ +211% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $685.04 | ↑ +221% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $685.04 | ↑ +221% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $708.80 | ↑ +232% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $717.66 | ↑ +236% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $717.66 | ↑ +236% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $887.29 | ↑ +315% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $913.39 | ↑ +327% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $965.58 | ↑ +352% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $978.63 | ↑ +358% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,076.49 | ↑ +404% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $346.86 | $59.01 – $1,085.70 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $458.95 | $126.52 – $1,076.49 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $340.22 | $297.70 – $1,076.49 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $398.70 | $190.44 – $978.63 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $272.00 | $310.10 – $1,076.49 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $250.74 | $272.70 – $1,076.49 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $138.18 | $98.49 – $217.80 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $620.75 | $59.01 – $1,283.75 |