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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$67.35

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.

$446.00

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.

$8.46 with UPMC Health Plan vs $356.80 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.

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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
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $8.46 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $8.46 ↓ -87%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $8.46 ↓ -87%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $8.46 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $8.46 ↓ -87%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $8.46 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid $8.46 ↓ -87%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $8.46 ↓ -87%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $8.46 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicare $8.46 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $8.46 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -87%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $8.88 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $8.88 ↓ -87%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.31 ↓ -86%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $9.31 ↓ -86%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $11.51 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $11.84 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $12.52 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $12.69 ↓ -81%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $13.96 ↓ -79%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $14.85 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $15.65 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $16.50 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare UHC Core $17.30 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Commercial $19.04 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $22.21 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $23.69 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $24.87 ↓ -63%
Aetna Joint Venture $28.41 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $29.61 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $29.61 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $29.61 ↓ -56%
Aetna Designated Group $30.19 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad Network $35.52 ↓ -47%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $149.86 ↑ +123%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $156.10 ↑ +132%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $200.70 ↑ +198%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $200.70 ↑ +198%
Aetna Medical Rental $235.04 ↑ +249%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $240.84 ↑ +258%
Provider Network of America Commercial $334.50 ↑ +397%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $356.80 ↑ +430%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $71.36 $8.46 – $334.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $43.09 $8.46 – $212.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $41.50 $8.46 – $212.80
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $261.30 $8.46 – $312.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $56.64 $8.46 – $334.50
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $50.40 $8.46 – $334.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $68.68 $8.46 – $356.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $66.90 $8.46 – $334.50

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