Contrast x-ray of elbow 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.

$197.54 with Freedom Health vs $2,756.40 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $197.54
Optimum MGMCR $197.54
AvMed HIX $298.61
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $298.61
Freedom Health MGMCD $367.52
Molina MCR $436.43
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $450.64
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $460.13
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $460.13
Humana HMO $482.37
AvMed FullyInsured $482.37
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $489.26
AvMed Empower $505.34
AvMed Focus $505.34
AvMed Flex $505.34
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $505.34
AvMed Select $505.34
AvMed Engage $505.34
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $528.31
United PPO OptionsPPO $544.39
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00
AvMed ASOEO $551.28
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $597.22
Molina HIX $620.19
Aetna ASA $689.10
Humana PPO $780.98
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,033.65
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $1,148.50
Health Care District COMM $1,148.50
Plotkin Health COMM $1,148.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,148.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,148.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,332.26
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,722.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,952.45
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,756.40
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray of elbow at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,224.60 $346.11 – $1,140.93
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,582.22 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,638.34 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,142.40 $23.45 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $20.98 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,002.00 $21.97 – $2,464.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $800.15 $73.69 – $1,107.90
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $800.15 $73.69 – $1,107.90

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