Unlisted procedure microbiology 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

$384.15

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.

$591.00

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 UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $591.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $5.16 ↓ -99%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $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%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $5.42 ↓ -99%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $5.42 ↓ -99%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $5.42 ↓ -99%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $5.68 ↓ -99%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $118.79 ↓ -69%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $118.79 ↓ -69%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $118.79 ↓ -69%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $166.66 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO $166.66 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $183.21 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $210.40 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $216.90 ↓ -44%
AVMED AVMED HMO $227.54 ↓ -41%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $227.54 ↓ -41%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $238.00 ↓ -38%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $238.00 ↓ -38%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $245.00 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $245.00 ↓ -36%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $265.95 ↓ -31%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $272.00 ↓ -29%
AVMED AVMED PPO $291.95 ↓ -24%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $304.00 ↓ -21%
AETNA AETNA PPO $315.59 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $341.00 ↓ -11%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $384.15 ↑ +0%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $384.15 ↑ +0%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $531.90 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $531.90 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $531.90 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $591.00 ↑ +54%

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Unlisted procedure microbiology at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $485.63 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,011.10 $4.02 – $98.60
martin north hospital Stuart $1,828.45 $4.23 – $78.75
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $384.15 $5.16 – $531.90
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $4,032.60 $97.34 – $700.02
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $384.15 $5.00 – $531.90
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $384.15 $5.00 – $531.90
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $384.15 $5.00 – $531.90

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