Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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

$147.55

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.

$227.00

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.

$6.33 with MEDICA HEALTH PLAN vs $227.00 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
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $6.33 ↓ -96%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $6.33 ↓ -96%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $6.33 ↓ -96%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $6.33 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $6.33 ↓ -96%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $6.33 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $6.46 ↓ -96%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $6.58 ↓ -96%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $6.58 ↓ -96%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.65 ↓ -95%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $6.96 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $7.09 ↓ -95%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $8.17 ↓ -94%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $8.55 ↓ -94%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $17.76 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $17.76 ↓ -88%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $17.76 ↓ -88%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $17.76 ↓ -88%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $17.76 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $17.76 ↓ -88%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $18.65 ↓ -87%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $18.65 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $18.65 ↓ -87%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $19.53 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $64.01 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO $64.01 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $70.37 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $80.81 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $83.31 ↓ -44%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $87.40 ↓ -41%
AVMED AVMED HMO $87.40 ↓ -41%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $102.15 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $112.14 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA PPO $121.22 ↓ -18%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $147.55 ↑ +0%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $147.55 ↑ +0%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $167.00 ↑ +13%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $167.00 ↑ +13%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $167.00 ↑ +13%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $204.30 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $204.30 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $204.30 ↑ +38%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $227.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $227.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $227.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $227.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $227.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $227.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $227.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $227.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $227.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $227.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $227.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $227.00 ↑ +54%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $156.18 $6.34 – $11.13
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $198.66 $6.67 – $14.81
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $208.61 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $261.59 $6.67 – $14.81
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $85.83 $6.34 – $14.57
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