Ins/rplc spi npg/rcvr pocket 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

$1,460.61

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.

$5,054.00

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.

$1,768.90 with Hospice of the Valley vs $53,590.94 with Oscar Health Plan — 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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,768.90 ↑ +21%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $2,274.30 ↑ +56%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $2,274.30 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,495.41 ↑ +71%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2,633.00 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,661.73 ↑ +82%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,663.46 ↑ +82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,729.16 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,794.82 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,327.16 ↑ +128%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,327.16 ↑ +128%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,327.16 ↑ +128%
Provider Network of America Commercial $3,790.50 ↑ +160%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +175%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $4,043.20 ↑ +177%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +206%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $11,665.00 ↑ +699%
United Healthcare UHC Core $12,191.00 ↑ +735%
Aetna Joint Venture $12,378.00 ↑ +747%
United Healthcare Commercial $12,833.00 ↑ +779%
Aetna Designated Group $13,151.00 ↑ +800%
Aetna Broad Network $15,472.00 ↑ +959%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $21,347.28 ↑ +1362%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $21,347.28 ↑ +1362%
Health Net Medicaid $21,347.28 ↑ +1362%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $21,347.28 ↑ +1362%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $21,347.28 ↑ +1362%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Humana Medicare Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Health Net Medicare $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $32,479.36 ↑ +2124%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $34,103.33 ↑ +2235%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $34,103.33 ↑ +2235%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $35,727.30 ↑ +2346%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $35,727.30 ↑ +2346%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $44,171.93 ↑ +2924%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $45,471.10 ↑ +3013%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $48,069.45 ↑ +3191%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $48,719.04 ↑ +3236%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $53,590.94 ↑ +3569%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ins/rplc spi npg/rcvr pocket at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,789.12 $1,768.90 – $53,590.94
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $1,556.63 $72.99 – $53,590.94
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $358.33 – $32,479.36
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix not published $1,271.44 – $21,347.28
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $2,788.18 – $21,347.28
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson not published $1,963.82 – $21,347.28
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley not published $3,268.08 – $21,347.28
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix not published $3,268.08 – $21,347.28

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