Carotene 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

$811.00

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.

$811.00

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.

$9.13 with HUMANA vs $973.20 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 MGMCRHMO $9.13 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.13 ↓ -99%
Humana TRICR $9.18 ↓ -99%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $9.22 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $9.22 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.22 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $9.22 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.22 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $9.22 ↓ -99%
United GVT $9.22 ↓ -99%
United MCR $9.40 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.40 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $9.50 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $9.68 ↓ -99%
Oscar MCR $9.68 ↓ -99%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.68 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $9.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $9.87 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.87 ↓ -99%
Align MCR $9.87 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCD $10.14 ↓ -99%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $10.14 ↓ -99%
Centurion GVT $10.14 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney MCR $10.33 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.06 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $11.06 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.71 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $13.00 ↓ -98%
Solis Health Plan MCR $13.37 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $13.83 ↓ -98%
Freedom Health MGMCR $69.75 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $69.75 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.62 ↓ -90%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $79.26 ↓ -90%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $79.26 ↓ -90%
AvMed HIX $105.43 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $105.43 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $129.76 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $154.09 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $170.31 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $170.31 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $172.74 ↓ -79%
AvMed Engage $178.42 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $178.42 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $178.42 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $178.42 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $178.42 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $178.42 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $186.53 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $192.21 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $194.64 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $210.86 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $218.97 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $243.30 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $275.74 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $364.95 ↓ -55%
Health Care District COMM $405.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $405.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $405.50 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $405.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $405.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $470.38 ↓ -42%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -32%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $608.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $689.35 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $973.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Carotene at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $62.88 $9.22 – $20.47
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $35.60 $8.76 – $20.14
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $10.00 $7.38 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $61.22 $9.22 – $16.84
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $9.10 $2.59 – $14.00
martin north hospital Stuart $26.00 $2.73 – $13.58
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $27.30 $2.85 – $37.80
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $27.30 $2.85 – $37.80

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