Brachy source palladium at Banner Boswell Medical Center
10401 West Thunderbird Blvd, Sun City, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1952560914
$112.67
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.
$458.00
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.
$63.62 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $366.40 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.
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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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $63.62 | ↓ -44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $63.62 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $63.62 | ↓ -44% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $63.62 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $63.62 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $74.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $77.99 | ↓ -31% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $77.99 | ↓ -31% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $81.71 | ↓ -27% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $81.71 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $101.02 | ↓ -10% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $103.99 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $109.93 | ↓ -2% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $111.42 | ↓ -1% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $122.56 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $145.79 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $153.89 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $155.51 | ↑ +38% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $160.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $163.28 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $194.38 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $194.38 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $194.38 | ↑ +73% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $206.10 | ↑ +83% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $206.10 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $208.85 | ↑ +85% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $221.67 | ↑ +97% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $222.13 | ↑ +97% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $232.21 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $241.37 | ↑ +114% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $244.57 | ↑ +117% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $247.32 | ↑ +120% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $250.98 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $261.06 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $262.43 | ↑ +133% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $343.50 | ↑ +205% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $366.40 | ↑ +225% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Brachy source palladium at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $97.20 | $63.62 – $243.00 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $145.44 | $63.62 – $414.75 |