Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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.

$5.93 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 MGMCRPPO $5.93
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.93
Humana TRICR $5.97
United GVT $5.99
United AllPayerAppendix $5.99
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $5.99
Devoted Health MCR $5.99
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.99
Wellmed MGMCR $5.99
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.99
BCBS MCRPPO $6.11
United MCR $6.11
BCBS MCRHMO $6.11
Aetna MCR $6.17
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $6.29
Oscar MCR $6.29
Sunshine State MCR $6.29
American Health Plan MCR $6.35
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.41
Align MCR $6.41
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $6.41
Centurion GVT $6.59
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $6.59
Sunshine State MCD $6.59
Gold Kidney MCR $6.71
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $7.19
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.19
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.61
Optimum MGMCR $8.17
Freedom Health MGMCR $8.17
Oscar HIX $8.45
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.69
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $8.98
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $12.35
AvMed HIX $12.35
Freedom Health MGMCD $15.20
Molina MCR $18.05
AvMed FullyInsured $19.95
Humana HMO $19.95
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $20.23
AvMed Select $20.90
AvMed Empower $20.90
AvMed Engage $20.90
AvMed Flex $20.90
AvMed Focus $20.90
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $20.90
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $21.85
United PPO OptionsPPO $22.52
AvMed ASOEO $22.80
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $24.70
Molina HIX $25.65
Aetna ASA $28.50
Humana PPO $32.30
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $42.75
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $47.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $47.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $47.50
Plotkin Health COMM $47.50
Health Care District COMM $47.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $55.10
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $71.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $80.75
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $88.72
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $90.59
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $90.59
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $114.00
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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