Aluminum - quest at Bethesda Hospital East

2815 SOUTH SEACREST BOULEVARD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1417952748

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 30, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$29.25

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.

$45.00

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.

$6.36 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $45.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $6.36 ↓ -78%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $6.36 ↓ -78%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $6.36 ↓ -78%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $6.36 ↓ -78%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $6.36 ↓ -78%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $6.36 ↓ -78%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $6.67 ↓ -77%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $6.67 ↓ -77%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $6.67 ↓ -77%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $6.99 ↓ -76%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $9.05 ↓ -69%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $9.05 ↓ -69%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $9.05 ↓ -69%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $12.69 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO $12.69 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $13.95 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $16.02 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $16.52 ↓ -44%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $17.33 ↓ -41%
AVMED AVMED HMO $17.33 ↓ -41%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $20.25 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $22.23 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA PPO $24.03 ↓ -18%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $25.48 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $25.48 ↓ -13%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $25.48 ↓ -13%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $25.48 ↓ -13%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $25.48 ↓ -13%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $25.48 ↓ -13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $25.99 ↓ -11%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $26.50 ↓ -9%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $26.50 ↓ -9%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.75 ↓ -9%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $28.03 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $28.08 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $28.08 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $28.08 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $28.08 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $28.54 ↓ -2%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $29.25 ↑ +0%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $29.25 ↑ +0%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $32.87 ↑ +12%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $34.40 ↑ +18%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $40.50 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $40.50 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $40.50 ↑ +38%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $45.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $45.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $45.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $45.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $45.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $45.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $45.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $45.00 ↑ +54%

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