Doppler echo complete 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

$223.86

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.

$1,148.00

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.

$137.71 with Aetna vs $2,341.00 with United Healthcare — 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 Joint Venture $137.71 ↓ -38%
Aetna Designated Group $146.32 ↓ -35%
Aetna Broad Network $172.14 ↓ -23%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $229.60 ↑ +3%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $229.60 ↑ +3%
Health Net Medicaid $229.60 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $229.60 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $281.75 ↑ +26%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $291.59 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $300.53 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $315.56 ↑ +41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $344.40 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $375.67 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $375.67 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $375.67 ↑ +68%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $385.73 ↑ +72%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $401.80 ↑ +79%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $459.20 ↑ +105%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $516.60 ↑ +131%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $516.60 ↑ +131%
Health Net Medicare $574.00 ↑ +156%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $574.00 ↑ +156%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $574.00 ↑ +156%
Aetna Medical Rental $605.00 ↑ +170%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $619.92 ↑ +177%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $619.92 ↑ +177%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $754.24 ↑ +237%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $788.68 ↑ +252%
Provider Network of America Commercial $861.00 ↑ +285%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $918.40 ↑ +310%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,128.00 ↑ +851%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,224.00 ↑ +893%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,341.00 ↑ +946%

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Doppler echo complete at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $257.32 $53.28 – $805.42
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $282.41 $137.71 – $2,128.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $161.41 $75.07 – $1,013.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $221.16 $75.07 – $1,013.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $245.67 $137.71 – $2,128.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $202.05 $75.07 – $1,664.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $239.93 $137.71 – $2,128.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $281.26 $137.71 – $2,128.00

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