Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$510.00

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.

$510.00

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.

$7.26 with HUMANA vs $612.00 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
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $7.26 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.26 ↓ -99%
Humana TRICR $7.29 ↓ -99%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $7.33 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $7.33 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $7.33 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $7.33 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $7.33 ↓ -99%
United GVT $7.33 ↓ -99%
United MCR $7.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $7.48 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $7.55 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $7.70 ↓ -98%
Oscar MCR $7.70 ↓ -98%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $7.70 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MCR $7.77 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Align MCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCD $8.06 ↓ -98%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $8.06 ↓ -98%
Centurion GVT $8.06 ↓ -98%
Gold Kidney MCR $8.21 ↓ -98%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.80 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $8.80 ↓ -98%
Simply Healthcare HIX $9.31 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $10.34 ↓ -98%
Solis Health Plan MCR $10.63 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $11.00 ↓ -98%
Freedom Health MGMCR $43.86 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $43.86 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $66.30 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $66.30 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $81.60 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $95.77 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $96.90 ↓ -81%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $97.79 ↓ -81%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $97.79 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $107.10 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $107.10 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $108.63 ↓ -79%
AvMed Engage $112.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $112.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $112.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $112.20 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $112.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $112.20 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $117.30 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $120.87 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $122.40 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $132.60 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $137.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $153.00 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $173.40 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $229.50 ↓ -55%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $255.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $255.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $255.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $255.00 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $255.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $295.80 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $382.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $433.50 ↓ -15%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↑ +8%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $612.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $217.41 $6.96 – $12.23
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $217.41 $7.33 – $16.27
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $220.69 $6.96 – $15.66
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $148.96 $7.33 – $16.27
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $186.35 $6.96 – $16.01
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $54.16 $7.33 – $13.38
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $104.00 $2.34 – $160.00
martin north hospital Stuart $104.00 $2.46 – $160.00

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