Procalcitonin 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

$313.00

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.

$313.00

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.

$26.92 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 $26.92 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $26.92 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $26.95 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $26.95 ↓ -91%
Humana TRICR $27.10 ↓ -91%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -91%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MCR $27.22 ↓ -91%
Wellmed MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -91%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $27.22 ↓ -91%
United GVT $27.22 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $27.22 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRPPO $27.76 ↓ -91%
United MCR $27.76 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRHMO $27.76 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCR $28.04 ↓ -91%
Oscar MCR $28.58 ↓ -91%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $28.58 ↓ -91%
Sunshine State MCR $28.58 ↓ -91%
American Health Plan MCR $28.85 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $29.13 ↓ -91%
Align MCR $29.13 ↓ -91%
Florida Complete Care MCR $29.13 ↓ -91%
Sunshine State MCD $29.94 ↓ -90%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $29.94 ↓ -90%
Centurion GVT $29.94 ↓ -90%
Gold Kidney MCR $30.49 ↓ -90%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $32.66 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $32.66 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare HIX $34.57 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $38.38 ↓ -88%
Solis Health Plan MCR $39.47 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $40.69 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $40.69 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $40.83 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $50.08 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $59.47 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $65.73 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $65.73 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $66.67 ↓ -79%
AvMed Select $68.86 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $68.86 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $68.86 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $68.86 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $68.86 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $68.86 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $71.99 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $74.18 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $75.12 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $81.38 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $84.51 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $93.90 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $106.42 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $140.85 ↓ -55%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $144.16 ↓ -54%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $147.20 ↓ -53%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $147.20 ↓ -53%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $156.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $156.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $156.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $156.50 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $156.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $181.54 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $234.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $266.05 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $375.60 ↑ +20%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↑ +76%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Procalcitonin at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $255.82 $25.86 – $45.43
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $255.82 $27.22 – $60.43
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $255.82 $25.86 – $58.14
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $197.94 $27.22 – $60.43
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $219.28 $25.86 – $59.46
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $181.42 $27.22 – $49.70
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $133.90 $6.33 – $171.70
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