Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd 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

$22.32

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.

$26.60

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.

$0.77 with Banner University Health Plan vs $6.64 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $0.77 ↓ -97%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $0.77 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid $0.77 ↓ -97%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $0.77 ↓ -97%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $0.77 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1.14 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna Joint Venture $1.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna Designated Group $1.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna Broad Network $1.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1.66 ↓ -93%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2.11 ↓ -91%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2.49 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2.53 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2.79 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2.83 ↓ -87%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $2.90 ↓ -87%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $3.32 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3.37 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3.37 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3.37 ↓ -85%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $3.73 ↓ -83%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $3.73 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4.03 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicare $4.15 ↓ -81%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $4.15 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $4.15 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4.21 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medical Rental $4.37 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial $4.43 ↓ -80%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $4.48 ↓ -80%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $4.48 ↓ -80%
Provider Network of America Commercial $6.22 ↓ -72%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $6.64 ↓ -70%

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Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.75 $0.17 – $1.29
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $6.14 $0.17 – $2.82
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $4.04 $0.17 – $1.99
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.70 $0.77 – $6.22
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $6.54 $0.17 – $1.94
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $3.72 $0.77 – $6.64
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $4.97 $0.17 – $3.31
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $8.06 $0.17 – $3.31

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