Fatty acids nonesterified 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

$131.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$131.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$11.27 with Optimum vs $550.00 with Healthy Palm Beaches — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Optimum MGMCR $11.27 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $11.27 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $17.03 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $18.58 ↓ -86%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $18.58 ↓ -86%
Humana TRICR $18.69 ↓ -86%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $18.77 ↓ -86%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $18.77 ↓ -86%
United GVT $18.77 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.77 ↓ -86%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $18.77 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health MCR $18.77 ↓ -86%
Wellmed MGMCR $18.77 ↓ -86%
BCBS MCRPPO $19.15 ↓ -85%
United MCR $19.15 ↓ -85%
BCBS MCRHMO $19.15 ↓ -85%
Aetna MCR $19.33 ↓ -85%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $19.71 ↓ -85%
Sunshine State MCR $19.71 ↓ -85%
Oscar MCR $19.71 ↓ -85%
American Health Plan MCR $19.90 ↓ -85%
Florida Complete Care MCR $20.08 ↓ -85%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $20.08 ↓ -85%
Align MCR $20.08 ↓ -85%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $20.65 ↓ -84%
Sunshine State MCD $20.65 ↓ -84%
Centurion GVT $20.65 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $20.96 ↓ -84%
Gold Kidney MCR $21.02 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $22.52 ↓ -83%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $22.52 ↓ -83%
Simply Healthcare HIX $23.84 ↓ -82%
Molina MCR $24.89 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $26.47 ↓ -80%
Solis Health Plan MCR $27.22 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $27.51 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $27.51 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $27.90 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $28.16 ↓ -79%
AvMed Select $28.82 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $28.82 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $28.82 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $28.82 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $28.82 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $28.82 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $30.13 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $31.05 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $31.44 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $34.06 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $35.37 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $39.30 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $44.54 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $58.95 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $65.50 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $65.50 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $65.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $65.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $65.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $75.98 ↓ -42%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.62 ↓ -41%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $79.26 ↓ -39%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $79.26 ↓ -39%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $98.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $111.35 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $157.20 ↑ +20%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↑ +320%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Fatty acids nonesterified at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $138.41 $17.83 – $40.09
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $289.72 $18.77 – $41.67
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $65.70 $18.77 – $34.27
martin north hospital Stuart $48.75 $6.08 – $56.25
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $92.30 $11.52 – $21.12
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $13.73 $17.01 – $76.63
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $12.29 $18.77 – $70.08
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $12.29 $18.77 – $70.08

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →