Exchange biliary drg cath 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

$8,624.20

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.

$13,268.00

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.

$3,671.78 with BLUE CROSS vs $12,106.00 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 $3,671.78 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $3,745.21 ↓ -57%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $3,818.65 ↓ -56%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $4,587.00 ↓ -47%
CIGNA CIGNA SUREFIT $4,587.00 ↓ -47%
AETNA AETNA HMO $4,776.48 ↓ -45%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $6,223.00 ↓ -28%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $8,664.00 ↑ +0%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC B $9,549.00 ↑ +11%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $9,549.00 ↑ +11%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $10,766.00 ↑ +25%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC $12,106.00 ↑ +40%

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Exchange biliary drg cath at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $8,321.32 $3,551.99 – $6,240.29
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $8,041.46 $3,551.99 – $7,986.00
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $10,129.96 $3,738.94 – $8,300.44
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,427.29 $3,551.99 – $8,167.71
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $10,758.20 $3,738.94 – $6,827.30
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $13,190.45 $113.94 – $17,249.05
martin north hospital Stuart $13,190.45 $123.00 – $10,146.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $13,190.45 $113.94 – $16,234.40

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