Assay of feces porphyrins 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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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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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.

$38.72 with HUMANA vs $79.26 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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

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 MGMCRHMO $38.72
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $38.72
Humana TRICR $38.94
Devoted Health MCR $39.11
United AllPayerAppendix $39.11
United GVT $39.11
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $39.11
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $39.11
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $39.11
Wellmed MGMCR $39.11
United MCR $39.89
BCBS MCRHMO $39.89
BCBS MCRPPO $39.89
Aetna MCR $40.28
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $41.07
Oscar MCR $41.07
Sunshine State MCR $41.07
American Health Plan MCR $41.46
Align MCR $41.85
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $41.85
Florida Complete Care MCR $41.85
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $43.02
Sunshine State MCD $43.02
Centurion GVT $43.02
Gold Kidney MCR $43.80
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $46.93
Longevity Health Plan MCR $46.93
Simply Healthcare HIX $49.67
Oscar HIX $55.15
Solis Health Plan MCR $56.71
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $58.66
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.62
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $79.26
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $79.26
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Assay of feces porphyrins at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $603.67 $39.11 – $86.82
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $511.00 $31.29 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $136.89 $39.11 – $71.41
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $136.50 $13.39 – $133.45
martin north hospital Stuart $136.50 $14.09 – $117.75
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $268.45 $39.11 – $103.17
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $69.99 $35.44 – $76.63
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD $9.75 $35.44 – $77.95

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