Thyroid uptake measurement 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

$2,077.00

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.

$2,077.00

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.

$178.62 with Freedom Health vs $2,492.40 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $178.62 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $178.62 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $270.01 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $270.01 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $332.32 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $394.63 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $436.17 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $436.17 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $442.40 ↓ -79%
AvMed Select $456.94 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $456.94 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $456.94 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $456.94 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $456.94 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $456.94 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $477.71 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $492.25 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $498.48 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $540.02 ↓ -74%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $560.79 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $623.10 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $706.18 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $934.65 ↓ -55%
Health Care District COMM $1,038.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,038.50 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $1,038.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,038.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,038.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,204.66 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,557.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,765.45 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,127.17 ↑ +2%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,171.96 ↑ +5%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,171.96 ↑ +5%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,492.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Thyroid uptake measurement at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $4,194.99 $187.49 – $926.79
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,678.40 $195.94 – $762.31
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,302.30 $8.66 – $2,946.10
martin north hospital Stuart $2,252.90 $9.02 – $1,733.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $49.40 $7.18 – $459.22
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $770.25 $173.17 – $1,066.50
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $770.25 $234.02 – $1,066.50
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $1,034.15 $409.97 – $1,038.92

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