Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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

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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.

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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.

$6.20 with Humana vs $763.20 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
Humana TRICR $6.20
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.27
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.27
Wellmed MGMCR $6.33
Devoted Health MCR $6.33
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $6.33
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $6.33
United GVT $6.33
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $6.33
BCBS MCRHMO $6.46
BCBS MCRPPO $6.46
United MCR $6.46
Aetna MCR $6.52
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $6.65
Sunshine State MCR $6.65
Oscar MCR $6.65
American Health Plan MCR $6.71
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $6.77
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.77
Align MCR $6.77
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $6.96
Centurion GVT $6.96
Sunshine State MCD $6.96
Gold Kidney MCR $7.09
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.60
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $7.60
Solis Health Plan MCR $9.18
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.50
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $9.70
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.70
Optimum MGMCR $54.70
Freedom Health MGMCR $54.70
AvMed HIX $82.68
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $82.68
Simply Healthcare HIX $85.86
Oscar HIX $101.76
Freedom Health MGMCD $101.76
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $108.12
Molina MCR $120.84
AvMed FullyInsured $133.56
Cigna HMO $133.56
Humana HMO $133.56
Cigna PPO $133.56
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $135.47
AvMed Empower $139.92
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $139.92
AvMed Select $139.92
AvMed Engage $139.92
AvMed Flex $139.92
AvMed Focus $139.92
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $146.28
United PPO OptionsPPO $150.73
AvMed ASOEO $152.64
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $165.36
Molina HIX $171.72
Aetna ASA $190.80
Humana PPO $216.24
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $286.20
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $318.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $318.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $318.00
Plotkin Health COMM $318.00
Health Care District COMM $318.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $368.88
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $477.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $540.60
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $763.20
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $156.18 $6.34 – $11.13
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $198.66 $6.67 – $14.81
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $208.61 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $261.59 $6.67 – $14.81
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $85.83 $6.34 – $14.57
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $253.76 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $135.20 $4.70 – $176.80
martin north hospital Stuart $135.20 $7.70 – $156.00

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