Aluminum - quest at HCA FLORIDA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL

13001 SOUTHERN BLVD, LOXAHATCHEE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1528014669

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

$560.00

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.

$560.00

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.

$8.07 with CorVel Corporation vs $672.00 with AIDS 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.07 ↓ -99%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $8.24 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.24 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $25.23 ↓ -95%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $25.23 ↓ -95%
Humana TRICR $25.37 ↓ -95%
Wellmed MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -95%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -95%
United GVT $25.48 ↓ -95%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $25.48 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $25.48 ↓ -95%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $25.99 ↓ -95%
United MCR $25.99 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $25.99 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $26.24 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCR $26.75 ↓ -95%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $26.75 ↓ -95%
Oscar MCR $26.75 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan MCR $27.01 ↓ -95%
Align MCR $27.26 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $27.26 ↓ -95%
Florida Complete Care MCR $27.26 ↓ -95%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $28.03 ↓ -95%
Centurion GVT $28.03 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCD $28.03 ↓ -95%
Gold Kidney MCR $28.54 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $30.58 ↓ -95%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $30.58 ↓ -95%
Simply Healthcare HIX $32.36 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $35.93 ↓ -94%
Solis Health Plan MCR $36.95 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $38.22 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $48.16 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $48.16 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $72.80 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $72.80 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $89.60 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $106.40 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $117.60 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $117.60 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $119.28 ↓ -79%
AvMed Engage $123.20 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $123.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $123.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $123.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $123.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $123.20 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $128.80 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $132.72 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $134.40 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $145.60 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $151.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $168.00 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $190.40 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $252.00 ↓ -55%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $280.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $280.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $280.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $280.00 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $280.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $324.80 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $420.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $476.00 ↓ -15%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -2%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $672.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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