Smear wet mount 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

$592.00

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.

$592.00

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.

$5.76 with HUMANA vs $710.40 with AIDS Healthcare — 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 $5.76 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.76 ↓ -99%
Humana TRICR $5.79 ↓ -99%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $5.82 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.82 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.82 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $5.82 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.82 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $5.82 ↓ -99%
United GVT $5.82 ↓ -99%
United MCR $5.94 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.94 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $5.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $5.99 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $6.11 ↓ -99%
Oscar MCR $6.11 ↓ -99%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $6.11 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $6.17 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $6.23 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.23 ↓ -99%
Align MCR $6.23 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCD $6.40 ↓ -99%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $6.40 ↓ -99%
Centurion GVT $6.40 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney MCR $6.52 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.98 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $6.98 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.39 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $8.21 ↓ -99%
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.44 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $8.73 ↓ -99%
Freedom Health MGMCR $50.91 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $50.91 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $55.45 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $56.62 ↓ -90%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $56.62 ↓ -90%
AvMed HIX $76.96 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $76.96 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $94.72 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $112.48 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $124.32 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $124.32 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $126.10 ↓ -79%
AvMed Engage $130.24 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $130.24 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $130.24 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $130.24 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $130.24 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $130.24 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $136.16 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $140.30 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $142.08 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $153.92 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $159.84 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $177.60 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $201.28 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $266.40 ↓ -55%
Health Care District COMM $296.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $296.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $296.00 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $296.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $296.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $343.36 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $444.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $503.20 ↓ -15%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -7%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $710.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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