MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast 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

$503.42

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.

$3,051.00

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.

$266.89 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $2,440.80 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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -47%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -47%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $266.89 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -47%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $380.64 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $380.64 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicare $380.64 ↓ -24%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $380.64 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $380.64 ↓ -24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $380.64 ↓ -24%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -24%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $399.67 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $399.67 ↓ -21%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $418.70 ↓ -17%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $418.70 ↓ -17%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $517.67 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $532.90 ↑ +6%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $563.35 ↑ +12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $570.96 ↑ +13%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $628.06 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,010.48 ↑ +101%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,025.14 ↑ +104%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,067.85 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,077.83 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,131.72 ↑ +125%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,346.00 ↑ +167%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,347.29 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,347.29 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,347.29 ↑ +168%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,372.95 ↑ +173%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,372.95 ↑ +173%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,409.56 ↑ +180%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,496.00 ↑ +197%
Aetna Designated Group $1,498.04 ↑ +198%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,580.51 ↑ +214%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,607.88 ↑ +219%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,647.54 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,722.34 ↑ +242%
Aetna Broad Network $1,760.43 ↑ +250%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,863.61 ↑ +270%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,288.25 ↑ +355%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,440.80 ↑ +385%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,689.53 $365.84 – $5,288.36
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $485.11 $266.89 – $2,288.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $435.06 $266.89 – $1,933.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $323.88 $266.89 – $1,933.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $506.47 $266.89 – $2,288.25
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $436.29 $266.89 – $2,288.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $543.08 $266.89 – $2,440.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $649.86 $266.89 – $2,288.25

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