Culture fungi other (except blood) 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

$16.02

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.

$88.00

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.

$8.41 with Aetna vs $48.00 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.

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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 $8.41 ↓ -48%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $8.41 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $8.41 ↓ -48%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $8.41 ↓ -48%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $8.41 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $8.41 ↓ -48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $8.41 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $8.41 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid $8.41 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicare $8.41 ↓ -48%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $8.41 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -48%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $8.41 ↓ -48%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $8.83 ↓ -45%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $8.83 ↓ -45%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.25 ↓ -42%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $9.25 ↓ -42%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $11.44 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $11.77 ↓ -27%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $12.45 ↓ -22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $12.62 ↓ -21%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $13.88 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $14.77 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $15.56 ↓ -3%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $16.41 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare UHC Core $17.20 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.93 ↑ +18%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $20.16 ↑ +26%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $21.00 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $22.07 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $23.54 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $24.71 ↑ +54%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $27.00 ↑ +69%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $27.00 ↑ +69%
Aetna Joint Venture $28.24 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $29.42 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $29.42 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $29.42 ↑ +84%
Aetna Designated Group $30.01 ↑ +87%
Aetna Medical Rental $31.62 ↑ +97%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $32.40 ↑ +102%
Aetna Broad Network $35.31 ↑ +120%
Provider Network of America Commercial $45.00 ↑ +181%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $48.00 ↑ +200%

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Culture fungi other (except blood) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $154.74 $4.71 – $25.91
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $17.24 $8.41 – $45.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $18.25 $8.41 – $48.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $13.03 $8.41 – $48.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $17.39 $8.41 – $45.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $16.15 $8.41 – $45.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $15.68 $8.41 – $48.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $19.03 $8.41 – $45.00

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