Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at HCA FLORIDA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL
13001 SOUTHERN BLVD, LOXAHATCHEE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1528014669
$1,233.00
Cash price 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.
$1,233.00
Gross charge 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.
$33.84 with United vs $1,479.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -97% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $86.70 | ↓ -93% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $88.52 | ↓ -93% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $88.52 | ↓ -93% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $106.04 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $106.04 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $160.29 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | HIX | $160.29 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $166.46 | ↓ -86% |
| Oscar | HIX | $197.28 | ↓ -84% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $197.28 | ↓ -84% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | HIX | $209.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MCR | $234.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | HMO | $258.93 | ↓ -79% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $258.93 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $262.63 | ↓ -79% |
| AvMed | Empower | $271.26 | ↓ -78% |
| AvMed | Focus | $271.26 | ↓ -78% |
| AvMed | Flex | $271.26 | ↓ -78% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $271.26 | ↓ -78% |
| AvMed | Select | $271.26 | ↓ -78% |
| AvMed | Engage | $271.26 | ↓ -78% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $283.59 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $292.22 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $295.92 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $320.58 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $332.91 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $369.90 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $419.22 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthy Palm Beaches | COMM | $550.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $554.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $616.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Care District | COMM | $616.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $616.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $616.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Palm Beach Juvenile Correction | GVT | $616.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $715.14 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $924.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $1,048.05 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $1,479.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $263.63 | not published |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $77.01 | $37.05 – $83.31 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $143.48 | not published |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $166.19 | $39.00 – $71.22 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $156.65 | $11.52 – $241.00 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $156.65 | $12.13 – $241.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $156.65 | $11.52 – $241.00 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $416.00 | $20.76 – $576.00 |