Lymphocyte transformation mitogen 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

$27.08

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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$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.

$49.03 with Banner Health vs $205.83 with Aetna — 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 Health Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $49.03 ↑ +81%
Humana Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $49.03 ↑ +81%
Health Net Medicaid $49.03 ↑ +81%
Health Net Medicare $49.03 ↑ +81%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $49.03 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $49.03 ↑ +81%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $49.03 ↑ +81%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $49.03 ↑ +81%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $49.03 ↑ +81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $49.03 ↑ +81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $49.03 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↑ +81%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $49.73 ↑ +84%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $51.48 ↑ +90%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $51.48 ↑ +90%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $51.80 ↑ +91%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $53.93 ↑ +99%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $53.93 ↑ +99%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $66.60 ↑ +146%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $66.60 ↑ +146%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $66.68 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $68.64 ↑ +153%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $72.56 ↑ +168%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $73.55 ↑ +172%
Aetna Medical Rental $78.00 ↑ +188%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $79.92 ↑ +195%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $80.90 ↑ +199%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $86.05 ↑ +218%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $90.68 ↑ +235%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $95.61 ↑ +253%
United Healthcare UHC Core $100.26 ↑ +270%
United Healthcare Commercial $110.33 ↑ +307%
Provider Network of America Commercial $111.00 ↑ +310%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $118.40 ↑ +337%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $128.63 ↑ +375%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $137.21 ↑ +407%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $144.07 ↑ +432%
Aetna Joint Venture $164.64 ↑ +508%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $171.51 ↑ +533%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $171.51 ↑ +533%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $171.51 ↑ +533%
Aetna Designated Group $174.94 ↑ +546%
Aetna Broad Network $205.83 ↑ +660%

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Lymphocyte transformation mitogen at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $49.20 $27.46 – $151.02
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $28.12 $49.03 – $111.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $31.82 $49.03 – $118.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $20.13 $49.03 – $118.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $24.86 $49.03 – $111.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $25.16 $49.03 – $111.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $19.39 $49.03 – $118.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $38.63 $49.03 – $111.00

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