Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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

$191.75

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.

$295.00

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.

$5.16 with SUNSHINE STATE vs $50.00 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 $5.16 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $5.16 ↓ -97%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $5.16 ↓ -97%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $5.16 ↓ -97%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $5.16 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $5.16 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $5.42 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $5.42 ↓ -97%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $5.42 ↓ -97%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $5.68 ↓ -97%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $5.99 ↓ -97%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $5.99 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $5.99 ↓ -97%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $5.99 ↓ -97%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $5.99 ↓ -97%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $5.99 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $6.11 ↓ -97%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $6.23 ↓ -97%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $6.23 ↓ -97%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.29 ↓ -97%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $6.59 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $6.61 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $6.61 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $6.61 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $6.61 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $6.71 ↓ -97%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $7.73 ↓ -96%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $8.09 ↓ -96%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $10.05 ↓ -95%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $10.05 ↓ -95%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $10.05 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $14.10 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA HMO $14.10 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $15.50 ↓ -92%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $17.80 ↓ -91%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $18.35 ↓ -90%
AVMED AVMED HMO $19.25 ↓ -90%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $19.25 ↓ -90%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $22.50 ↓ -88%
AVMED AVMED PPO $24.70 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA PPO $26.70 ↓ -86%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $32.50 ↓ -83%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $32.50 ↓ -83%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $45.00 ↓ -77%
PHCS PHCS $45.00 ↓ -77%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $45.00 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $50.00 ↓ -74%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $50.00 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $50.00 ↓ -74%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $50.00 ↓ -74%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $50.00 ↓ -74%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $50.00 ↓ -74%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $50.00 ↓ -74%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $50.00 ↓ -74%

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