Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$53.00

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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.

$53.00

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.

$2.67 with HUMANA 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
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $2.67 ↓ -95%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $2.67 ↓ -95%
Humana TRICR $2.69 ↓ -95%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $2.70 ↓ -95%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $2.70 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.70 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $2.70 ↓ -95%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $2.70 ↓ -95%
Wellmed MGMCR $2.70 ↓ -95%
United GVT $2.70 ↓ -95%
United MCR $2.75 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $2.75 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $2.75 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $2.78 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCR $2.84 ↓ -95%
Oscar MCR $2.84 ↓ -95%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $2.84 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan MCR $2.86 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $2.89 ↓ -95%
Florida Complete Care MCR $2.89 ↓ -95%
Align MCR $2.89 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCD $2.97 ↓ -94%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $2.97 ↓ -94%
Centurion GVT $2.97 ↓ -94%
Gold Kidney MCR $3.02 ↓ -94%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $3.24 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $3.24 ↓ -94%
Simply Healthcare HIX $3.43 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $3.81 ↓ -93%
Solis Health Plan MCR $3.92 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $4.05 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $4.56 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $4.56 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $6.89 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $6.89 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $8.48 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $10.07 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $11.13 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $11.13 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $11.29 ↓ -79%
AvMed Select $11.66 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $11.66 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $11.66 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $11.66 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $11.66 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $11.66 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $12.19 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $12.56 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $12.72 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $13.78 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $14.31 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $15.90 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $18.02 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $23.85 ↓ -55%
Health Care District COMM $26.50 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $26.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $26.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $26.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $26.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $30.74 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $39.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $45.05 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $63.60 ↑ +20%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $73.60 ↑ +39%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $75.15 ↑ +42%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $75.15 ↑ +42%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↑ +938%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $198.65 $2.56 – $4.51
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $313.05 $2.70 – $5.99
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $198.65 $2.56 – $5.77
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $204.41 $2.70 – $5.99
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $189.19 $2.56 – $5.90
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $17.81 $2.70 – $4.93
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $46.80 $1.13 – $72.00
martin north hospital Stuart $44.20 $2.70 – $51.00

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