Radiation handling at Banner Boswell Medical Center
10401 West Thunderbird Blvd, Sun City, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1952560914
$189.48
Cash price 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.
$508.00
Gross charge 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.
$63.52 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $2,420.00 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $63.52 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $67.76 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $71.14 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $84.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $84.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $84.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $101.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $101.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $101.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $101.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $101.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $101.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $129.03 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $152.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $170.69 | ↓ -10% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $177.80 | ↓ -6% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $203.20 | ↑ +7% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $228.60 | ↑ +21% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $228.60 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $234.70 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $249.43 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $254.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $254.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $254.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $267.72 | ↑ +41% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $274.32 | ↑ +45% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $274.32 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $293.12 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $333.76 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $349.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $381.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $406.40 | ↑ +114% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,200.00 | ↑ +1061% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,299.00 | ↑ +1113% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,420.00 | ↑ +1177% |
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Radiation handling at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $234.19 | $32.37 – $2,200.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $107.56 | $21.40 – $1,536.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $128.05 | $83.19 – $2,200.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $124.88 | $21.40 – $1,839.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $92.96 | $32.37 – $2,200.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $242.82 | $83.19 – $2,200.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $152.02 | $83.19 – $2,200.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $234.70 | $83.19 – $2,200.00 |