Insert cath pleura with image 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

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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.

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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.

$1,681.58 with CorVel Corporation vs $20,955.00 with AvMed — 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,681.58
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,716.98
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $1,716.98
Molina MCR $1,950.00
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,982.00
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2,050.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2,160.00
Oscar HIX $2,194.00
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $2,250.00
Freedom Health MGMCR $2,350.00
Optimum MGMCR $2,350.00
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $2,450.00
Molina HIX $2,702.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $2,750.00
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $3,473.00
United AllPayerAppendix $3,760.00
BCBS MBN $3,916.00
BCBS HMO $4,702.00
BCBS SBN $4,702.00
BCBS PPO $4,773.00
BCBS NWB $4,773.00
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $6,269.00
BCBS PHS $6,269.00
Cigna HMO $6,802.00
Cigna PPO $6,802.00
AvMed HIX $9,796.00
AvMed Focus $18,880.00
AvMed Engage $18,880.00
AvMed Empower $18,880.00
AvMed Select $18,880.00
AvMed Flex $18,880.00
AvMed FullyInsured $19,079.00
AvMed ASOEO $20,955.00

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Insert cath pleura with image at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,664.32 $1,561.66 – $2,743.60
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,889.23 $1,561.66 – $3,511.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,994.42 $1,643.86 – $3,649.36
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,080.98 $1,561.66 – $3,591.00
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,079.91 $1,643.86 – $3,001.68
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $5,806.45 $92.73 – $7,593.05
martin north hospital Stuart $5,806.45 $139.07 – $4,466.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $5,806.45 $92.73 – $7,146.40

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