Remove brain canal fluid 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

$1,315.60

Cash price

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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.

$2,024.00

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.

$254.17 with SUNSHINE STATE vs $2,024.00 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
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $254.17 ↓ -81%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $254.17 ↓ -81%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $254.17 ↓ -81%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $254.17 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $254.17 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $254.17 ↓ -81%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $266.88 ↓ -80%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $266.88 ↓ -80%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $266.88 ↓ -80%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $279.59 ↓ -79%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $320.54 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $320.54 ↓ -76%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $320.54 ↓ -76%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $320.54 ↓ -76%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $320.54 ↓ -76%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $320.54 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $326.95 ↓ -75%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $333.36 ↓ -75%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $333.36 ↓ -75%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $336.57 ↓ -74%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $352.60 ↓ -73%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $359.01 ↓ -73%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $413.50 ↓ -69%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $432.73 ↓ -67%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $570.77 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO $570.77 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $627.44 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $720.54 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $742.81 ↓ -44%
AVMED AVMED HMO $779.24 ↓ -41%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $779.24 ↓ -41%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $910.80 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $999.86 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA PPO $1,080.82 ↓ -18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $1,267.00 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $1,267.00 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $1,267.00 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $1,267.00 ↓ -4%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $1,315.60 ↑ +0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $1,315.60 ↑ +0%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $1,821.60 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $1,821.60 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $1,821.60 ↑ +38%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $1,998.00 ↑ +52%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $1,998.00 ↑ +52%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $1,998.00 ↑ +52%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $2,024.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $2,024.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $2,024.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $2,024.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $2,024.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $2,024.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $2,024.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $2,024.00 ↑ +54%

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