Place right device/marker pros 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

$443.33

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.

$1,534.00

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.

$536.90 with Hospice of the Valley vs $5,506.00 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 $536.90 ↑ +21%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $690.30 ↑ +56%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $690.30 ↑ +56%
Aetna Medical Rental $808.42 ↑ +82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $828.36 ↑ +87%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +106%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +106%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $915.08 ↑ +106%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $915.08 ↑ +106%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,150.50 ↑ +160%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +164%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,227.20 ↑ +177%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Health Net Medicare $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,458.32 ↑ +229%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,531.24 ↑ +245%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,531.24 ↑ +245%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,604.15 ↑ +262%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,604.15 ↑ +262%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,863.43 ↑ +320%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,983.32 ↑ +347%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,987.63 ↑ +348%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,041.65 ↑ +361%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,087.01 ↑ +371%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,158.31 ↑ +387%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,187.48 ↑ +393%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,406.23 ↑ +443%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,484.54 ↑ +460%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,484.54 ↑ +460%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,484.54 ↑ +460%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +806%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +894%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +907%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4,640.00 ↑ +947%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +956%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4,850.00 ↑ +994%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,105.00 ↑ +1052%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +1142%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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