Culture typing immunologic 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

$15.47

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.

$85.00

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.

$5.18 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $21.75 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 $5.18 ↓ -67%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.18 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $5.18 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $5.18 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $5.18 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $5.18 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicare $5.18 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid $5.18 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $5.18 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $5.18 ↓ -67%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $5.18 ↓ -67%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $5.38 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.44 ↓ -65%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $5.44 ↓ -65%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $5.60 ↓ -64%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.70 ↓ -63%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $5.70 ↓ -63%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $7.04 ↓ -54%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $7.20 ↓ -53%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $7.20 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $7.25 ↓ -53%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $7.67 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $7.77 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medical Rental $8.43 ↓ -46%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $8.55 ↓ -45%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $8.64 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $9.10 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $9.57 ↓ -38%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $10.11 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare UHC Core $10.60 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.65 ↓ -25%
Provider Network of America Commercial $12.00 ↓ -22%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $12.80 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $13.61 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $14.52 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $15.25 ↓ -1%
Aetna Joint Venture $17.39 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $18.15 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $18.15 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $18.15 ↑ +17%
Aetna Designated Group $18.48 ↑ +19%
Aetna Broad Network $21.75 ↑ +41%

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