Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$1,088.00

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.

$1,088.00

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.

$9.38 with HUMANA vs $1,305.60 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 $9.38 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.38 ↓ -99%
Humana TRICR $9.43 ↓ -99%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
United GVT $9.47 ↓ -99%
United MCR $9.66 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.66 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.66 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $9.75 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $9.94 ↓ -99%
Oscar MCR $9.94 ↓ -99%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.94 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $10.04 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $10.13 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $10.13 ↓ -99%
Align MCR $10.13 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCD $10.42 ↓ -99%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $10.42 ↓ -99%
Centurion GVT $10.42 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney MCR $10.61 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.36 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $11.36 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $12.03 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $13.35 ↓ -99%
Solis Health Plan MCR $13.73 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $14.21 ↓ -99%
Freedom Health MGMCR $93.57 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $93.57 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $141.44 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $141.44 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $174.08 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $188.52 ↓ -83%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $192.49 ↓ -82%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $192.49 ↓ -82%
Molina MCR $206.72 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $228.48 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $228.48 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $231.74 ↓ -79%
AvMed Flex $239.36 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $239.36 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $239.36 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $239.36 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $239.36 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $239.36 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $250.24 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $257.86 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $261.12 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $282.88 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $293.76 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $326.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $369.92 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $489.60 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $544.00 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $544.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $544.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $544.00 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $544.00 ↓ -50%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -49%
Medica HealthCare MCR $631.04 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $816.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $924.80 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,305.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $236.93 $9.00 – $15.81
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $29.83 $9.47 – $21.02
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $32.00 $9.00 – $20.23
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $447.53 $9.47 – $21.02
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $55.01 $9.00 – $20.69
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $70.16 $9.47 – $17.29
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $164.45 $3.98 – $231.00
martin north hospital Stuart $217.75 $4.23 – $251.25

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