Chromatography 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

$8.30

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.

$55.00

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.

$18.06 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $75.82 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. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $18.06 ↑ +118%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $18.06 ↑ +118%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $18.06 ↑ +118%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $18.06 ↑ +118%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $18.06 ↑ +118%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $18.06 ↑ +118%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
Health Net Medicare $18.06 ↑ +118%
Health Net Medicaid $18.06 ↑ +118%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $18.06 ↑ +118%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $18.06 ↑ +118%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +118%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $18.06 ↑ +118%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $18.48 ↑ +123%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↑ +128%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↑ +128%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $19.25 ↑ +132%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.87 ↑ +139%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $19.87 ↑ +139%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $24.56 ↑ +196%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $24.75 ↑ +198%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $24.75 ↑ +198%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $25.28 ↑ +205%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $26.73 ↑ +222%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $27.09 ↑ +226%
Aetna Medical Rental $28.98 ↑ +249%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $29.70 ↑ +258%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $29.80 ↑ +259%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $31.70 ↑ +282%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $33.40 ↑ +302%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $35.22 ↑ +324%
United Healthcare UHC Core $36.94 ↑ +345%
United Healthcare Commercial $40.63 ↑ +390%
Provider Network of America Commercial $41.25 ↑ +397%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $44.00 ↑ +430%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $47.38 ↑ +471%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $50.54 ↑ +509%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $53.07 ↑ +539%
Aetna Joint Venture $60.65 ↑ +631%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $63.17 ↑ +661%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $63.17 ↑ +661%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $63.17 ↑ +661%
Aetna Designated Group $64.44 ↑ +676%
Aetna Broad Network $75.82 ↑ +813%

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Chromatography at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $17.78 $10.12 – $55.63
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.80 $18.06 – $41.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.91 $18.06 – $44.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $8.58 $18.06 – $44.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.98 $18.06 – $41.25
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $6.22 $18.06 – $41.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $8.47 $18.06 – $44.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $8.25 $18.06 – $41.25

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