Tc-99m labeled rbc 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

$116.09

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.

$611.00

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.

$100.00 with Mercy Care vs $544.77 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $100.00 ↓ -14%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $100.00 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicaid $100.00 ↓ -14%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $100.00 ↓ -14%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $100.00 ↓ -14%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $122.20 ↑ +5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $141.48 ↑ +22%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $155.19 ↑ +34%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $157.20 ↑ +35%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $183.30 ↑ +58%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $213.85 ↑ +84%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $244.40 ↑ +111%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $274.95 ↑ +137%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $274.95 ↑ +137%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $305.50 ↑ +163%
Health Net Medicare $305.50 ↑ +163%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $305.50 ↑ +163%
Aetna Medical Rental $322.00 ↑ +177%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $329.94 ↑ +184%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $329.94 ↑ +184%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $408.58 ↑ +252%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $435.82 ↑ +275%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $457.61 ↑ +294%
Provider Network of America Commercial $458.25 ↑ +295%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $488.80 ↑ +321%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $544.77 ↑ +369%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $544.77 ↑ +369%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $544.77 ↑ +369%

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Tc-99m labeled rbc at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $319.56 $100.00 – $1,000.23
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $224.11 $100.00 – $469.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $31.00 $24.80 – $456.52
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $241.94 $100.00 – $662.25
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $114.94 $100.00 – $476.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $85.08 $95.60 – $382.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $175.27 $100.00 – $535.10
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $127.80 $100.00 – $535.10

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