Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure at HCA FLORIDA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL
13001 SOUTHERN BLVD, LOXAHATCHEE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1528014669
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Cash price 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 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.
$32.48 with BCBS vs $918.19 with Prime Health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | MCRHMO | $32.48 | — |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $38.27 | — |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $38.27 | — |
| AvMed | HIX | $53.40 | — |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $57.85 | — |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $71.20 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $84.55 | — |
| AvMed | Focus | $93.45 | — |
| AvMed | Flex | $93.45 | — |
| AvMed | Select | $93.45 | — |
| AvMed | Engage | $93.45 | — |
| AvMed | Empower | $93.45 | — |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $94.78 | — |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $97.90 | — |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $97.90 | — |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $102.35 | — |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $102.35 | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $111.25 | — |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $115.70 | — |
| Molina | HIX | $120.15 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $133.50 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $200.25 | — |
| Palm Beach Juvenile Correction | GVT | $222.50 | — |
| Health Care District | COMM | $222.50 | — |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $222.50 | — |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $222.50 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $222.50 | — |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $258.10 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $333.75 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $378.25 | — |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $534.00 | — |
| Healthy Palm Beaches | COMM | $550.00 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $899.26 | — |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $918.19 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $918.19 | — |
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Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,702.61 | not published |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $1,492.64 | not published |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $2,947.22 | not published |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $1,213.62 | not published |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $3,020.82 | not published |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $893.10 | $28.13 – $917.15 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $893.10 | $25.17 – $539.50 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $701.35 | $24.07 – $863.20 |