Intro long gi tube 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

$619.45

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.

$953.00

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.

$343.08 with AETNA vs $967.34 with HUMANA — 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 $343.08 ↓ -45%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $394.54 ↓ -36%
CIGNA CIGNA SUREFIT $394.54 ↓ -36%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $622.31 ↑ +0%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE $930.13 ↑ +50%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $948.74 ↑ +53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $953.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $953.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $953.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC $953.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC B $953.00 ↑ +54%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $967.34 ↑ +56%

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Intro long gi tube at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,542.17 $899.79 – $1,580.79
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,798.84 $947.15 – $2,102.66
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $3,504.15 $14.55 – $4,582.35
martin north hospital Stuart $3,504.15 $14.55 – $2,695.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $3,504.15 $14.55 – $4,312.80
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $880.75 $173.17 – $1,219.50
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $880.75 $227.47 – $1,219.50
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $880.75 $220.51 – $1,219.50

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