Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) 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

$1,248.00

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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.

$1,248.00

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.

$107.33 with Optimum vs $1,497.60 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
Optimum MGMCR $107.33 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $107.33 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $162.24 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $162.24 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $199.68 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $220.78 ↓ -82%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $225.43 ↓ -82%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $225.43 ↓ -82%
Molina MCR $237.12 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $262.08 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $262.08 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $265.82 ↓ -79%
AvMed Empower $274.56 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $274.56 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $274.56 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $274.56 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $274.56 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $274.56 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $287.04 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $295.78 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $299.52 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $324.48 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $336.96 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $374.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $424.32 ↓ -66%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $561.60 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $624.00 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $624.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $624.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $624.00 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $624.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $723.84 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $936.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,060.80 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,497.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $425.83 $84.28 – $151.68
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $473.09 $76.10 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $837.72 $68.39 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $622.02 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $332.79 $71.47 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $551.20 $9.24 – $646.00
martin north hospital Stuart $494.00 $8.26 – $380.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $494.00 $9.30 – $608.00

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