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Shoulder MRI (without contrast) at Banner Boswell Medical Center
10401 West Thunderbird Blvd, Sun City, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1952560914
$358.09
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.
$2,436.00
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.
$166.84 with Mercy Care vs $1,948.80 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.
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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -53% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $166.84 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -53% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $487.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $487.20 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $590.77 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $618.74 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $630.15 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $661.66 | ↑ +85% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $730.80 | ↑ +104% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $787.69 | ↑ +120% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $787.69 | ↑ +120% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $787.69 | ↑ +120% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $852.60 | ↑ +138% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $974.40 | ↑ +172% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $987.59 | ↑ +176% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $990.00 | ↑ +176% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,052.00 | ↑ +194% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $1,076.21 | ↑ +201% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,096.20 | ↑ +206% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,096.20 | ↑ +206% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,165.03 | ↑ +225% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,218.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,218.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,218.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,238.00 | ↑ +246% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,283.77 | ↑ +259% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,315.44 | ↑ +267% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,315.44 | ↑ +267% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,346.00 | ↑ +276% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,496.00 | ↑ +318% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,827.00 | ↑ +410% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,948.80 | ↑ +444% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Shoulder MRI (without contrast) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $467.71 | $166.84 – $1,827.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $599.40 | $166.84 – $2,592.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $511.92 | $166.84 – $2,592.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $431.17 | $166.84 – $1,827.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $482.33 | $166.84 – $1,827.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $360.53 | $166.84 – $1,948.80 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $460.40 | $166.84 – $1,827.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $589.51 | $166.84 – $1,827.00 |