Prep skin to 100cm2 trk/ext 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

$825.25

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.

$3,422.00

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.

$1,149.79 with Aetna vs $3,327.16 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,149.79 ↑ +39%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,197.70 ↑ +45%
Health Net Medicaid $1,243.64 ↑ +51%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,243.64 ↑ +51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,243.64 ↑ +51%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,243.64 ↑ +51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,243.64 ↑ +51%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,539.90 ↑ +87%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,539.90 ↑ +87%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,580.96 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,659.67 ↑ +101%
Aetna Designated Group $1,680.20 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,734.95 ↑ +110%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,803.39 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,827.35 ↑ +121%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,847.88 ↑ +124%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Health Net Medicare $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,949.63 ↑ +136%
Aetna Broad Network $1,974.49 ↑ +139%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $2,047.11 ↑ +148%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2,047.11 ↑ +148%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $2,144.59 ↑ +160%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,144.59 ↑ +160%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $2,248.25 ↑ +172%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $2,350.91 ↑ +185%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,495.41 ↑ +202%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,566.50 ↑ +211%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,651.50 ↑ +221%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,661.73 ↑ +223%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,729.48 ↑ +231%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,737.60 ↑ +232%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,794.82 ↑ +239%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,885.45 ↑ +250%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,924.45 ↑ +254%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $3,216.89 ↑ +290%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,327.16 ↑ +303%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,327.16 ↑ +303%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,327.16 ↑ +303%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Prep skin to 100cm2 trk/ext at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $678.72 $228.16 – $2,124.43
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,772.60 $1,149.79 – $3,216.89
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,314.05 $1,149.79 – $3,216.89
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $3,081.53 $228.16 – $509.86
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $739.42 $228.16 – $2,317.56
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $1,243.64 – $2,788.18
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson not published $1,243.64 – $1,963.82
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande not published $1,243.64 – $1,913.86

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