#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at Boca Raton Regional Hospital

800 MEADOWS RD., BOCA RATON, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1902826779

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 30, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$18.85

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.

$29.00

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.

$7.31 with BLUE CROSS vs $29.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE $7.31 ↓ -61%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $7.46 ↓ -60%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $7.60 ↓ -60%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $8.97 ↓ -52%
CIGNA CIGNA SUREFIT $8.97 ↓ -52%
AETNA AETNA HMO $10.44 ↓ -45%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $18.94 ↑ +0%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC $29.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC B $29.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $29.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $29.00 ↑ +54%

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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $112.83 $7.31 – $16.23
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $55.00 $5.85 – $102.94
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $48.97 $7.31 – $13.35
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $109.00 $6.63 – $104.50
HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS $74.00 $6.94 – $108.09
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $5.46 $6.43 – $18.28
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $28.36 $7.31 – $28.04
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $14.38 $7.31 – $28.04

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