Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination 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

$560.30

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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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$862.00

Gross charge

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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.

$17.69 with CIGNA vs $88.00 with BLUE CROSS — same scan, same building. Share

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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
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $17.69 ↓ -97%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $17.69 ↓ -97%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $17.69 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $20.65 ↓ -96%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $20.65 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $20.65 ↓ -96%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $20.65 ↓ -96%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $20.65 ↓ -96%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $20.65 ↓ -96%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $21.68 ↓ -96%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $21.68 ↓ -96%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $21.68 ↓ -96%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $22.71 ↓ -96%
AETNA AETNA HMO $24.82 ↓ -96%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $24.82 ↓ -96%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $27.28 ↓ -95%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $31.33 ↓ -94%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $32.30 ↓ -94%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $33.88 ↓ -94%
AVMED AVMED HMO $33.88 ↓ -94%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $39.60 ↓ -93%
AVMED AVMED PPO $43.47 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $43.97 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $43.97 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $43.97 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $43.97 ↓ -92%
AETNA AETNA PPO $46.99 ↓ -92%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $54.42 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $54.42 ↓ -90%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $54.42 ↓ -90%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $54.42 ↓ -90%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $54.42 ↓ -90%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $54.42 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $55.51 ↓ -90%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $56.60 ↓ -90%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $56.60 ↓ -90%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.14 ↓ -90%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $57.20 ↓ -90%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $57.20 ↓ -90%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $59.86 ↓ -89%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $60.95 ↓ -89%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $70.20 ↓ -87%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $73.47 ↓ -87%
PHCS PHCS $79.20 ↓ -86%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $79.20 ↓ -86%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $79.20 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $88.00 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $88.00 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $88.00 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $88.00 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $88.00 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $88.00 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $88.00 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $88.00 ↓ -84%

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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $557.21 $51.70 – $90.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $157.26 $54.42 – $120.81
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $405.00 $51.70 – $116.23
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,206.51 $54.42 – $120.81
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $463.46 $51.70 – $118.88
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $405.00 $54.42 – $99.37
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Baptist Hospital MIAMI $560.30 $15.22 – $79.20

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