CT thoracic spine w/contrast 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

$13,424.00

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.

$13,424.00

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.

$401.74 with United vs $16,108.80 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 $401.74 ↓ -97%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHP $868.00 ↓ -94%
AvMed HIX $890.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna HMO $1,061.00 ↓ -92%
Optimum MGMCR $1,154.46 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,154.46 ↓ -91%
Aetna PPO $1,462.00 ↓ -89%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,745.12 ↓ -87%
AvMed Select $2,097.00 ↓ -84%
AvMed Focus $2,097.00 ↓ -84%
AvMed Flex $2,097.00 ↓ -84%
AvMed Engage $2,097.00 ↓ -84%
AvMed Empower $2,097.00 ↓ -84%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $2,147.84 ↓ -84%
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $2,550.56 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2,859.31 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $2,953.28 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $3,087.52 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $3,181.49 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3,490.24 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $3,624.48 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $4,027.20 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4,124.30 ↓ -69%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $4,211.13 ↓ -69%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4,211.13 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6,040.80 ↓ -55%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $6,712.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $6,712.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $6,712.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $6,712.00 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $6,712.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $7,785.92 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $10,068.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $11,410.40 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $16,108.80 ↑ +20%

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CT thoracic spine w/contrast at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,582.20 $174.01 – $437.27
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $7,112.05 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,947.05 $174.01 – $631.85
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,266.23 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,707.23 $174.01 – $570.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $9,270.49 $183.17 – $347.52
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,314.95 $50.71 – $1,304.75
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $45.37 – $767.50

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