Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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

$282.10

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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.

$434.00

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.

$12.06 with CIGNA vs $60.00 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
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $12.06 ↓ -96%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $12.06 ↓ -96%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $12.06 ↓ -96%
AETNA AETNA HMO $16.92 ↓ -94%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $16.92 ↓ -94%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $18.60 ↓ -93%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $21.36 ↓ -92%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $22.02 ↓ -92%
AVMED AVMED HMO $23.10 ↓ -92%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $23.10 ↓ -92%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $27.00 ↓ -90%
AVMED AVMED PPO $29.64 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $30.43 ↓ -89%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $30.43 ↓ -89%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $30.43 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $30.43 ↓ -89%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $30.43 ↓ -89%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $30.43 ↓ -89%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $31.95 ↓ -89%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $31.95 ↓ -89%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $31.95 ↓ -89%
AETNA AETNA PPO $32.04 ↓ -89%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $33.48 ↓ -88%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $35.09 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $35.09 ↓ -88%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $35.09 ↓ -88%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $35.09 ↓ -88%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $35.09 ↓ -88%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $35.09 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $35.79 ↓ -87%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $36.49 ↓ -87%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $36.49 ↓ -87%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.84 ↓ -87%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $38.60 ↓ -86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $38.68 ↓ -86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $38.68 ↓ -86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $38.68 ↓ -86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $38.68 ↓ -86%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $39.00 ↓ -86%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $39.00 ↓ -86%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $39.30 ↓ -86%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $45.27 ↓ -84%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $47.37 ↓ -83%
PHCS PHCS $54.00 ↓ -81%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $54.00 ↓ -81%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $54.00 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $60.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $60.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $60.00 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $60.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $60.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $60.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $60.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $60.00 ↓ -79%

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