Insert cath pleura with image 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

$9,275.50

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.

$14,270.00

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.

$640.35 with AMERIGROUP vs $7,135.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $640.35 ↓ -93%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $640.35 ↓ -93%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $640.35 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $640.35 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $640.35 ↓ -93%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $640.35 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $672.37 ↓ -93%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $672.37 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $672.37 ↓ -93%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $704.39 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $1,545.00 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $1,545.00 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $1,545.00 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $1,545.00 ↓ -83%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $1,643.86 ↓ -82%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $1,643.86 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $1,643.86 ↓ -82%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $1,643.86 ↓ -82%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $1,643.86 ↓ -82%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $1,643.86 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $1,676.73 ↓ -82%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $1,709.61 ↓ -82%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $1,709.61 ↓ -82%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,726.05 ↓ -81%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $1,808.24 ↓ -81%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $1,841.12 ↓ -80%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $1,998.00 ↓ -78%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $1,998.00 ↓ -78%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $1,998.00 ↓ -78%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $2,012.07 ↓ -78%
AETNA AETNA HMO $2,012.07 ↓ -78%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $2,120.58 ↓ -77%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $2,211.85 ↓ -76%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $2,219.21 ↓ -76%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $2,540.06 ↓ -73%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $2,618.55 ↓ -72%
AVMED AVMED HMO $2,746.98 ↓ -70%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $2,746.98 ↓ -70%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $3,210.75 ↓ -65%
AVMED AVMED PPO $3,524.69 ↓ -62%
AETNA AETNA PPO $3,810.09 ↓ -59%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $4,637.75 ↓ -50%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $4,637.75 ↓ -50%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $5,460.00 ↓ -41%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $5,624.00 ↓ -39%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $5,624.00 ↓ -39%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $5,624.00 ↓ -39%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $6,140.00 ↓ -34%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $6,421.50 ↓ -31%
PHCS PHCS $6,421.50 ↓ -31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $6,421.50 ↓ -31%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $6,957.00 ↓ -25%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $7,135.00 ↓ -23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $7,135.00 ↓ -23%

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