Pretreat rbc density gradient separation reference 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

$249.00

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.

$249.00

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.

$21.41 with Freedom Health vs $550.00 with Healthy Palm Beaches — 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $21.41 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $21.41 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $32.37 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $32.37 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $33.62 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $39.84 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $39.84 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $42.33 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $47.31 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $52.29 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $52.29 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $53.04 ↓ -79%
AvMed Select $54.78 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $54.78 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $54.78 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $54.78 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $54.78 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $54.78 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $57.27 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $59.01 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $59.76 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $64.74 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $67.23 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $74.70 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $83.68 ↓ -66%
Humana PPO $84.66 ↓ -66%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $85.44 ↓ -66%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $85.44 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $112.05 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $124.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $124.50 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $124.50 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $124.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $124.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $144.42 ↓ -42%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -40%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $186.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $211.65 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $298.80 ↑ +20%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↑ +121%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $336.30 $169.02 – $296.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $455.16 not published
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Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $531.02 $177.91 – $394.97
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $189.96 $169.02 – $388.65
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $996.14 $177.91 – $324.87
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