Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block 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

$2,055.00

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.

$2,055.00

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.

$149.16 with United vs $2,466.00 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
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $176.73 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $176.73 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $267.15 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $267.15 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $277.43 ↓ -86%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $288.32 ↓ -86%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $294.39 ↓ -86%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $294.39 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $328.80 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $328.80 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $349.35 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $390.45 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $431.55 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $431.55 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $437.71 ↓ -79%
AvMed Engage $452.10 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $452.10 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $452.10 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $452.10 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $452.10 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $452.10 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $472.65 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $487.04 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $493.20 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $534.30 ↓ -74%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -73%
Molina HIX $554.85 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $616.50 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $698.70 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $924.75 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,027.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,027.50 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $1,027.50 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $1,027.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,027.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,191.90 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,541.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,746.75 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,466.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $479.09 $169.02 – $296.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $455.16 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $783.67 $169.02 – $380.01
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $938.29 $177.91 – $394.97
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $159.00 $169.02 – $388.65
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $734.89 $177.91 – $324.87
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $332.80 $36.04 – $512.00
martin north hospital Stuart $332.80 $59.78 – $512.00

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