Cryptosporidium antigen 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

$20.20

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.

$111.00

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.

$11.98 with Aetna vs $50.29 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $11.98 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $11.98 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -41%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $11.98 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $11.98 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $11.98 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicare $11.98 ↓ -41%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $11.98 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -38%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -38%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $13.18 ↓ -35%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.18 ↓ -35%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $16.29 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $16.77 ↓ -17%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $17.73 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $17.97 ↓ -11%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $19.77 ↓ -2%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $20.50 ↑ +1%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $21.03 ↑ +4%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $21.35 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $22.15 ↑ +10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $23.37 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare UHC Core $24.50 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $26.95 ↑ +33%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $27.45 ↑ +36%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $27.45 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $31.45 ↑ +56%
Aetna Medical Rental $32.15 ↑ +59%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $32.94 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $33.55 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $35.23 ↑ +74%
Aetna Joint Venture $40.23 ↑ +99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $41.94 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $41.94 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $41.94 ↑ +108%
Aetna Designated Group $42.74 ↑ +112%
Provider Network of America Commercial $45.75 ↑ +126%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $48.80 ↑ +142%
Aetna Broad Network $50.29 ↑ +149%

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Cryptosporidium antigen at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $24.53 $11.98 – $45.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $25.97 $11.98 – $48.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $18.54 $11.98 – $48.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $24.75 $11.98 – $45.75
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $22.98 $11.98 – $45.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $22.31 $11.98 – $48.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $27.08 $11.98 – $45.75
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $29.75 $11.98 – $45.75

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