Rbc osmotic fragility 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

$22.75

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.

$123.00

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.

$7.47 with Aetna vs $98.40 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $7.47 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $7.47 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $7.47 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $7.47 ↓ -67%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $7.47 ↓ -67%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $7.47 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $7.47 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid $7.47 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicare $7.47 ↓ -67%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $7.47 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.47 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $7.47 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $7.84 ↓ -66%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $7.84 ↓ -66%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.22 ↓ -64%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $8.22 ↓ -64%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $10.16 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $10.46 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $11.06 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $11.21 ↓ -51%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $12.33 ↓ -46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $13.12 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $13.82 ↓ -39%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $14.58 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare UHC Core $15.27 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $16.82 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $19.61 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $20.92 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $21.96 ↓ -3%
Aetna Joint Venture $25.08 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $26.15 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $26.15 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $26.15 ↑ +15%
Aetna Designated Group $26.65 ↑ +17%
Aetna Broad Network $31.36 ↑ +38%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $41.33 ↑ +82%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $43.05 ↑ +89%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $55.35 ↑ +143%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $55.35 ↑ +143%
Aetna Medical Rental $64.82 ↑ +185%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $66.42 ↑ +192%
Provider Network of America Commercial $92.25 ↑ +305%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $98.40 ↑ +333%

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Rbc osmotic fragility at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $62.98 $7.47 – $197.12
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $16.85 $7.47 – $98.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $23.25 $7.47 – $92.25
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $21.28 $7.47 – $92.25
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $22.63 $7.47 – $92.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $9.39 $4.48 – $36.36
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $24.45 $3.14 – $32.39
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $10.13 $4.48 – $36.36

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