Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$315.90

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.

$486.00

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.

$174.96 with AETNA vs $321.00 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
AETNA AETNA HMO $174.96 ↓ -45%
CIGNA CIGNA SUREFIT $196.00 ↓ -38%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $196.00 ↓ -38%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE $203.12 ↓ -36%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $207.18 ↓ -34%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $211.24 ↓ -33%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $213.00 ↓ -33%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC B $213.00 ↓ -33%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $239.00 ↓ -24%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $250.00 ↓ -21%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $317.36 ↑ +0%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC $321.00 ↑ +2%

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $267.42 $54.25 – $95.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $515.06 $57.11 – $126.78
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $256.78 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $268.47 $57.11 – $126.78
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $180.00 $54.25 – $124.76
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,544.00 $154.94 – $232.42
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $274.91 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $880.75 $42.16 – $1,151.75

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