Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage 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

$525.20

Cash price

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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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$808.00

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.

$221.43 with BLUE CROSS vs $808.00 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
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE $221.43 ↓ -58%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $225.86 ↓ -57%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $230.29 ↓ -56%
AETNA AETNA HMO $290.88 ↓ -45%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $476.00 ↓ -9%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC B $476.00 ↓ -9%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $527.62 ↑ +0%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $537.00 ↑ +2%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC $653.00 ↑ +24%
CIGNA CIGNA SUREFIT $808.00 ↑ +54%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $808.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $808.00 ↑ +54%

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Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,163.50 $10.69 – $1,521.50
martin north hospital Stuart $1,163.50 $15.62 – $895.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $1,163.50 $28.86 – $1,432.00
AdventHealth Orlando Orlando $962.00 $225.48 – $597.53
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $3,212.94 $225.48 – $500.57
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $888.15 $231.12 – $512.44
Adventhealth Ocala Ocala $2,336.68 $225.48 – $500.57
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $214.21 – $376.33

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