Chrom analysis at Banner Boswell Medical Center
10401 West Thunderbird Blvd, Sun City, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1952560914
$36.29
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.
$168.00
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.
$34.81 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $146.13 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.
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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| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $34.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $36.55 | ↑ +1% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $36.55 | ↑ +1% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $38.29 | ↑ +6% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $38.29 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $47.34 | ↑ +30% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $48.73 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $51.52 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $52.22 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $56.45 | ↑ +56% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $57.44 | ↑ +58% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $58.80 | ↑ +62% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $61.10 | ↑ +68% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $64.38 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $67.89 | ↑ +87% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $71.19 | ↑ +96% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $75.60 | ↑ +108% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $75.60 | ↑ +108% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $78.33 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $88.54 | ↑ +144% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $90.72 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $103.50 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $110.40 | ↑ +204% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $115.92 | ↑ +219% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $116.89 | ↑ +222% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $124.20 | ↑ +242% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $126.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $134.40 | ↑ +270% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $138.00 | ↑ +280% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $138.00 | ↑ +280% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $138.00 | ↑ +280% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $146.13 | ↑ +303% |
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Chrom analysis at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $34.26 | $19.46 – $107.03 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $41.50 | $34.81 – $126.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $35.03 | $34.81 – $114.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $33.75 | $34.81 – $114.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $35.78 | $34.81 – $126.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $30.24 | $34.81 – $126.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $34.61 | $34.81 – $134.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $46.87 | $34.81 – $126.00 |