Ultrasound chest 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

$705.25

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.

$1,085.00

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.

$34.55 with AMERIGROUP vs $1,085.00 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.

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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
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $34.55 ↓ -95%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $34.55 ↓ -95%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $34.55 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $34.55 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $34.55 ↓ -95%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $34.55 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $36.28 ↓ -95%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $36.28 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $36.28 ↓ -95%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $38.01 ↓ -95%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $54.59 ↓ -92%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $54.59 ↓ -92%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $54.59 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $54.59 ↓ -92%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $54.59 ↓ -92%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $54.59 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $55.68 ↓ -92%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $56.77 ↓ -92%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $56.77 ↓ -92%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.32 ↓ -92%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $60.05 ↓ -91%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $61.14 ↓ -91%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $70.42 ↓ -90%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $73.69 ↓ -90%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $218.09 ↓ -69%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $218.09 ↓ -69%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $218.09 ↓ -69%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $305.97 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO $305.97 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $336.35 ↓ -52%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $379.00 ↓ -46%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $386.26 ↓ -45%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $390.00 ↓ -45%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $390.00 ↓ -45%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $390.00 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $398.20 ↓ -44%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $417.73 ↓ -41%
AVMED AVMED HMO $417.73 ↓ -41%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $432.00 ↓ -39%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $488.25 ↓ -31%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $494.00 ↓ -30%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $529.00 ↓ -25%
AVMED AVMED PPO $535.99 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA PPO $579.39 ↓ -18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $690.00 ↓ -2%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $690.00 ↓ -2%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $690.00 ↓ -2%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $690.00 ↓ -2%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $705.25 ↑ +0%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $705.25 ↑ +0%
PHCS PHCS $976.50 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $976.50 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $976.50 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $1,085.00 ↑ +54%

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Ultrasound chest at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,145.26 $103.72 – $236.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,318.41 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,004.02 $103.72 – $321.33
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,893.70 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,522.69 $103.72 – $308.58
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,824.31 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $750.10 $22.58 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $750.10 $20.21 – $459.00

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