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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$125.98

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.

$508.00

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.

$101.17 with Mercy Care vs $406.40 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $101.17 ↓ -20%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $101.17 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicaid $101.17 ↓ -20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $101.17 ↓ -20%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $101.17 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $110.00 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $117.33 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $123.20 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $146.66 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $146.66 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $146.66 ↑ +16%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $166.76 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $166.76 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $166.76 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $166.76 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
Humana Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
Health Net Medicare $166.76 ↑ +32%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $166.76 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↑ +32%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $170.69 ↑ +35%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $175.10 ↑ +39%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $175.10 ↑ +39%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $177.80 ↑ +41%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $183.44 ↑ +46%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $183.44 ↑ +46%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $226.79 ↑ +80%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $228.60 ↑ +81%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $228.60 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $233.46 ↑ +85%
Aetna Joint Venture $234.70 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $246.38 ↑ +96%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $246.80 ↑ +96%
Aetna Designated Group $249.43 ↑ +98%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $250.14 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare UHC Core $257.56 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medical Rental $267.72 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Commercial $271.27 ↑ +115%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $274.32 ↑ +118%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $275.15 ↑ +118%
Aetna Broad Network $293.12 ↑ +133%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $333.76 ↑ +165%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $349.00 ↑ +177%
Provider Network of America Commercial $381.00 ↑ +202%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $406.40 ↑ +223%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $179.32 $56.05 – $381.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $68.35 $101.17 – $284.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $94.70 $86.57 – $284.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $133.60 $101.17 – $381.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $59.94 $84.37 – $381.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $39.62 $56.05 – $406.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $352.04 $101.17 – $381.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $93.98 $101.17 – $381.00

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