Smear nasal eosinophil 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.

$5.73 with HUMANA vs $20.58 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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 $5.73
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.73
Humana TRICR $5.76
Devoted Health MCR $5.79
United AllPayerAppendix $5.79
United GVT $5.79
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $5.79
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.79
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.79
Wellmed MGMCR $5.79
United MCR $5.91
BCBS MCRHMO $5.91
BCBS MCRPPO $5.91
Aetna MCR $5.96
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $6.08
Oscar MCR $6.08
Sunshine State MCR $6.08
American Health Plan MCR $6.14
Align MCR $6.20
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $6.20
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.20
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $6.37
Sunshine State MCD $6.37
Centurion GVT $6.37
Gold Kidney MCR $6.48
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $6.95
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.95
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.35
Oscar HIX $8.16
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.40
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $8.69
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $20.16
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.58
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $20.58
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Smear nasal eosinophil at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $104.19 $5.50 – $9.66
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $156.20 $5.50 – $12.37
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $89.37 $5.79 – $12.85
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $339.00 $4.63 – $19.60
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $20.27 $5.79 – $10.57
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martin north hospital Stuart $27.95 $2.46 – $21.00
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