Venous sampling s&i 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

$4,497.35

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.

$6,919.00

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.

$468.00 with BLUE CROSS vs $5,934.76 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
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $468.00 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC B $468.00 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $528.00 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC $619.00 ↓ -86%
AETNA AETNA HMO $2,490.84 ↓ -45%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $4,340.70 ↓ -3%
CIGNA CIGNA SUREFIT $4,340.70 ↓ -3%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $4,350.13 ↓ -3%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $4,518.11 ↑ +0%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE $5,706.50 ↑ +27%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $5,820.63 ↑ +29%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $5,934.76 ↑ +32%

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Venous sampling s&i at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $20,013.00 $2,231.43 – $10,733.33
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $21,237.15 $3,595.87 – $10,610.66
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $30,446.00 $21.45 – $39,630.40
martin north hospital Stuart $30,305.60 $19.19 – $23,312.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $30,305.60 $20.67 – $37,299.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $4,869.80 $173.17 – $6,742.80
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $4,869.80 $371.00 – $6,742.80
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $4,869.80 $1,311.10 – $6,742.80

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