Place device/marker, non pro 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

$689.26

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.

$2,385.00

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.

$834.75 with Hospice of the Valley vs $4,521.00 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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $834.75 ↑ +21%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +33%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $915.08 ↑ +33%
Health Net Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +33%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +33%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $936.00 ↑ +36%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,073.25 ↑ +56%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,073.25 ↑ +56%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,256.89 ↑ +82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,287.90 ↑ +87%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Health Net Medicare $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +112%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,531.24 ↑ +122%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,531.24 ↑ +122%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,566.94 ↑ +127%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,604.15 ↑ +133%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,604.15 ↑ +133%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,638.49 ↑ +138%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,788.75 ↑ +160%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,863.43 ↑ +170%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,908.00 ↑ +177%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,983.32 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,987.63 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,041.65 ↑ +196%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,087.01 ↑ +203%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,158.31 ↑ +213%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,187.48 ↑ +217%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,406.23 ↑ +249%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,484.54 ↑ +260%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,484.54 ↑ +260%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,484.54 ↑ +260%
Aetna Joint Venture $3,617.00 ↑ +425%
Aetna Designated Group $3,843.00 ↑ +458%
Aetna Broad Network $4,521.00 ↑ +556%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Place device/marker, non pro at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $853.83 $915.08 – $2,406.23
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $845.06 $808.00 – $2,406.23
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $844.29 $834.75 – $2,406.23
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $732.19 $834.75 – $2,406.23
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $734.58 $72.99 – $2,406.23
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