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Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Repair) 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

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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.

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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.

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
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO not published by hospital
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE not published by hospital
CIGNA CIGNA SUREFIT not published by hospital
CIGNA CIGNA HMO not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC B not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO not published by hospital
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO not published by hospital
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE not published by hospital
AETNA AETNA HMO not published by hospital

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Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Repair) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,373.80 $431.99 – $3,758.57
martin north hospital Stuart $2,373.80 $486.65 – $3,758.57
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,373.80 $431.99 – $3,758.57
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH not published not published
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES not published not published
Homestead Hospital HOMESTEAD not published not published
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI not published not published

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