Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at Banner Boswell Medical Center
10401 West Thunderbird Blvd, Sun City, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1952560914
$56.05
Cash price 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.
$226.00
Gross charge 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.
$40.35 with Mercy Care vs $180.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $40.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $40.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $40.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $40.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $40.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $63.31 | ↑ +13% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $66.48 | ↑ +19% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $66.48 | ↑ +19% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $69.64 | ↑ +24% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $69.64 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $75.87 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $75.94 | ↑ +35% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $79.10 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $80.93 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $84.98 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $86.10 | ↑ +54% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $88.63 | ↑ +58% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $93.70 | ↑ +67% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $94.97 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $101.16 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $101.16 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $101.16 | ↑ +80% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $101.70 | ↑ +81% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $101.70 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $104.41 | ↑ +86% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $104.46 | ↑ +86% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $109.61 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $110.97 | ↑ +98% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $114.58 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $119.10 | ↑ +112% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $120.68 | ↑ +115% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $122.04 | ↑ +118% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $130.40 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $148.48 | ↑ +165% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $155.26 | ↑ +177% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $169.50 | ↑ +202% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $180.80 | ↑ +223% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $79.78 | $38.66 – $169.50 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $59.44 | $40.35 – $169.50 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $26.67 | $40.35 – $169.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $17.63 | $38.66 – $180.80 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $156.62 | $40.35 – $169.50 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $27.35 | $40.35 – $169.50 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $61.02 | $40.35 – $169.50 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $30.51 | $40.35 – $169.50 |