Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at Bethesda Hospital East
2815 SOUTH SEACREST BOULEVARD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1417952748
$3,753.75
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$5,775.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$640.35 with MEDICAID vs $2,887.00 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.
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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| MEDICAID | SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC | $640.35 | ↓ -83% |
| WELLCARE | WELL CARE MD HMONC | $640.35 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED MD HMO | $640.35 | ↓ -83% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $640.35 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHY KIDS | $640.35 | ↓ -83% |
| SUNSHINE STATE | SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC | $640.35 | ↓ -83% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO | $655.08 | ↓ -83% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON MED MC HMO NC | $655.08 | ↓ -83% |
| MEDICA HEALTH PLAN | MEDICA MCR HMO | $655.08 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS MEDICARE PPO | $655.08 | ↓ -83% |
| MEDICARE | SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC | $655.08 | ↓ -83% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON HEALTH MC HMO | $655.08 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HLTH MC HMO | $668.18 | ↓ -82% |
| VISTA | COVENTRY MEDICAID | $672.37 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID | $672.37 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS | $672.37 | ↓ -82% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $681.28 | ↓ -82% |
| HUMANA | CAREPLUS MC HMO | $681.28 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $687.83 | ↓ -82% |
| MEDICAID | PRESTIGE MD HMO NC | $704.39 | ↓ -81% |
| AVMED | AVMED MEDICARE | $720.59 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $733.69 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA | AETNA TIER 2 | $814.13 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO | $814.13 | ↓ -78% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | PROMINENCE | $845.05 | ↓ -77% |
| MEDICARE | DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO | $884.36 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | $894.97 | ↓ -76% |
| AVMED | AVMED ENTRUST | $1,027.77 | ↓ -73% |
| NON CONTRACTED | OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | $1,059.53 | ↓ -72% |
| AVMED | AVMED HMO | $1,111.50 | ↓ -70% |
| AVMED | AVMED INDIVIDUAL | $1,111.50 | ↓ -70% |
| AMERIHEALTH | AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX | $1,299.15 | ↓ -65% |
| AVMED | AVMED PPO | $1,426.18 | ↓ -62% |
| AETNA | AETNA PPO | $1,541.66 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | INTL UNITED HEALTH | $1,545.00 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | NHP HMO | $1,545.00 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED PPO | $1,545.00 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HMO | $1,545.00 | ↓ -59% |
| AFFORDABLE | AFFORDABLE PPO | $1,876.55 | ↓ -50% |
| INTERNATIONAL | INTERNATIONAL AETNA | $1,876.55 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO | $1,891.00 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE SELECT | $1,948.00 | ↓ -48% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CARE HMO | $1,948.00 | ↓ -48% |
| BLUE CROSS | MY BLUE EX | $1,948.00 | ↓ -48% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA HMO | $1,998.00 | ↓ -47% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA PPO | $1,998.00 | ↓ -47% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE | $1,998.00 | ↓ -47% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS NETWORKBLUE | $2,129.00 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS | $2,412.00 | ↓ -36% |
| PHCS | PHCS | $2,598.30 | ↓ -31% |
| QUALITY HEALTH | MULTIPLAN | $2,598.30 | ↓ -31% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS | $2,598.30 | ↓ -31% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS PHS CAH | $2,619.00 | ↓ -30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | $2,887.00 | ↓ -23% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $2,040.55 | $622.33 – $1,093.33 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $2,294.22 | $655.08 – $1,454.28 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $1,893.56 | $622.33 – $1,399.18 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $2,539.66 | $655.08 – $1,454.28 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $2,000.05 | $622.33 – $1,431.02 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $3,604.30 | $655.08 – $1,196.17 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $2,310.75 | $61.53 – $3,021.75 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $2,310.75 | $100.46 – $1,777.50 |