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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) 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

$3,245.45

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.

$4,993.00

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.

$203.32 with WELLCARE vs $4,993.00 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
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $203.32 ↓ -94%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $203.32 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $203.32 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $203.32 ↓ -94%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $203.32 ↓ -94%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $203.32 ↓ -94%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $213.49 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $213.49 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $213.49 ↓ -93%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $223.65 ↓ -93%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $364.32 ↓ -89%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $364.32 ↓ -89%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $364.32 ↓ -89%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $364.32 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $364.32 ↓ -89%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $364.32 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $371.61 ↓ -89%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $378.89 ↓ -88%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $378.89 ↓ -88%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $382.54 ↓ -88%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $400.75 ↓ -88%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $408.04 ↓ -87%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $469.97 ↓ -86%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $491.83 ↓ -85%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $594.00 ↓ -82%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $594.00 ↓ -82%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $594.00 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $873.00 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $873.00 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $873.00 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $873.00 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $979.00 ↓ -70%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $1,008.00 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,008.00 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $1,008.00 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $1,098.00 ↓ -66%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $1,246.00 ↓ -62%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $1,352.00 ↓ -58%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $1,408.03 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO $1,408.03 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,547.83 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,777.51 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $1,832.43 ↓ -44%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $1,922.31 ↓ -41%
AVMED AVMED HMO $1,922.31 ↓ -41%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $2,246.85 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $2,466.54 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA PPO $2,666.26 ↓ -18%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $3,245.45 ↑ +0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $3,245.45 ↑ +0%
PHCS PHCS $4,493.70 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $4,493.70 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $4,493.70 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $4,993.00 ↑ +54%

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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,319.20 $50.71 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $45.37 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,002.00 $54.27 – $2,464.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,458.65 $173.17 – $4,493.70
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $2,951.00 $357.78 – $2,964.62
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $3,245.45 $197.10 – $4,493.70
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $3,458.65 $197.10 – $4,493.70
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $3,245.45 $197.10 – $4,493.70

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