Cefotaxime sodium injection at HCA FLORIDA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

3476 S University Dr, Davie, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1871182956

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$343.00

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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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$343.00

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.

$12.13 with United vs $171.50 with AvMed — 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 AllPayerAppendix $12.13 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $23.67 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $29.50 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $34.30 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $42.88 ↓ -87%
BCBS SBN $42.88 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $44.59 ↓ -87%
BCBS NWB $55.91 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $55.91 ↓ -84%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $77.52 ↓ -77%
BCBS PHS $77.52 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $81.29 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $89.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $89.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $89.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $89.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $89.18 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $102.90 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $154.35 ↓ -55%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $171.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $171.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $171.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Cefotaxime sodium injection at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS $99.00 $12.13 – $12.13
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $100.27 $15.00 – $15.00
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $58.86 $11.75 – $38.93
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Jacksonville $90.87 $8.69 – $25.75
Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Middleburg $79.92 $8.69 – $15.00
HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL HIALEAH $149.00 $12.13 – $12.13
HCA FLORIDA BAYONET POINT HOSPITAL HUDSON $20.95 $15.80 – $15.80
HCA FLORIDA ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL ENGLEWOOD $43.26 $15.80 – $15.80

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