Mucin synovial fluid 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

$31.85

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.

$49.00

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.

$5.86 with BLUE CROSS vs $27.00 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 $5.86 ↓ -82%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $5.98 ↓ -81%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $6.09 ↓ -81%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $9.31 ↓ -71%
CIGNA CIGNA SUREFIT $9.31 ↓ -71%
AETNA AETNA HMO $9.72 ↓ -69%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $17.63 ↓ -45%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC $27.00 ↓ -15%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC B $27.00 ↓ -15%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $27.00 ↓ -15%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $27.00 ↓ -15%

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Mucin synovial fluid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $219.00 $4.69 – $9.81
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $7.80 $2.59 – $10.20
martin north hospital Stuart $7.80 $2.73 – $9.00
HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL TALLAHASSEE $12.70 $5.32 – $9.96
HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL LEHIGH ACRES $4.40 $5.32 – $9.02
HCA FLORIDA FAWCETT HOSPITAL FORT MYERS $10.00 $5.32 – $9.64
HCA FLORIDA ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL ENGLEWOOD $4.40 $5.32 – $9.95
HCA FLORIDA BLAKE HOSPITAL BRADENTON $3.58 $5.32 – $9.95

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