Drainage external ear simple 69000 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

$598.65

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.

$921.00

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.

$331.56 with AETNA vs $921.00 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.

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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 AETNA HMO $331.56 ↓ -45%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $476.00 ↓ -20%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC B $476.00 ↓ -20%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $537.00 ↓ -10%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $601.41 ↑ +0%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC $653.00 ↑ +9%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE $726.20 ↑ +21%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $740.73 ↑ +24%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $755.25 ↑ +26%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $921.00 ↑ +54%
CIGNA CIGNA SUREFIT $921.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $921.00 ↑ +54%

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Drainage external ear simple 69000 at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,601.44 $702.51 – $1,234.20
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,835.55 $739.49 – $1,641.66
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $368.20 $702.51 – $1,579.47
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,124.65 $739.49 – $1,641.66
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,039.50 $739.49 – $1,350.30
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,286.70 $60.33 – $2,990.30
martin north hospital Stuart $2,286.70 $93.91 – $1,759.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,286.70 $60.33 – $2,814.40

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