Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at Bethesda Hospital East
2815 SOUTH SEACREST BOULEVARD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1417952748
$360.10
Cash price 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.
$554.00
Gross charge 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.
$5.16 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $89.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED MD HMO | $5.16 | ↓ -99% |
| MEDICAID | SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC | $5.16 | ↓ -99% |
| SUNSHINE STATE | SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC | $5.16 | ↓ -99% |
| WELLCARE | WELL CARE MD HMONC | $5.16 | ↓ -99% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHY KIDS | $5.16 | ↓ -99% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $5.16 | ↓ -99% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO | $5.39 | ↓ -99% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON MED MC HMO NC | $5.39 | ↓ -99% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON HEALTH MC HMO | $5.39 | ↓ -99% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS MEDICARE PPO | $5.39 | ↓ -99% |
| MEDICA HEALTH PLAN | MEDICA MCR HMO | $5.39 | ↓ -99% |
| MEDICARE | SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC | $5.39 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS | $5.42 | ↓ -98% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID | $5.42 | ↓ -98% |
| VISTA | COVENTRY MEDICAID | $5.42 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HLTH MC HMO | $5.50 | ↓ -98% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $5.61 | ↓ -98% |
| HUMANA | CAREPLUS MC HMO | $5.61 | ↓ -98% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.66 | ↓ -98% |
| MEDICAID | PRESTIGE MD HMO NC | $5.68 | ↓ -98% |
| AVMED | AVMED MEDICARE | $5.93 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | NHP HMO | $5.94 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | INTL UNITED HEALTH | $5.94 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED PPO | $5.94 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HMO | $5.94 | ↓ -98% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $6.04 | ↓ -98% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | PROMINENCE | $6.95 | ↓ -98% |
| MEDICARE | DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO | $7.28 | ↓ -98% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA PPO | $17.89 | ↓ -95% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE | $17.89 | ↓ -95% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA HMO | $17.89 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA | AETNA TIER 2 | $25.10 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO | $25.10 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | $27.59 | ↓ -92% |
| AVMED | AVMED ENTRUST | $31.68 | ↓ -91% |
| NON CONTRACTED | OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | $32.66 | ↓ -91% |
| AVMED | AVMED INDIVIDUAL | $34.27 | ↓ -90% |
| AVMED | AVMED HMO | $34.27 | ↓ -90% |
| AMERIHEALTH | AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX | $40.05 | ↓ -89% |
| AVMED | AVMED PPO | $43.97 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA | AETNA PPO | $47.53 | ↓ -87% |
| INTERNATIONAL | INTERNATIONAL AETNA | $57.85 | ↓ -84% |
| AFFORDABLE | AFFORDABLE PPO | $57.85 | ↓ -84% |
| PHCS | PHCS | $80.10 | ↓ -78% |
| QUALITY HEALTH | MULTIPLAN | $80.10 | ↓ -78% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS | $80.10 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO | $89.00 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | $89.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS | $89.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CARE HMO | $89.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE SELECT | $89.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | MY BLUE EX | $89.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS NETWORKBLUE | $89.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS PHS CAH | $89.00 | ↓ -75% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $90.46 | $5.12 – $9.00 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $18.72 | $5.39 – $11.97 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $164.66 | $5.12 – $11.51 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $266.72 | $5.39 – $11.97 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $95.81 | $5.12 – $11.77 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $39.40 | $5.39 – $9.84 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $20.80 | $2.25 – $8.31 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $20.80 | $2.64 – $7.94 |