Very long chain fatty acids 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

$179.00

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.

$179.00

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.

$15.39 with Freedom Health 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $15.39 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $15.39 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $19.55 ↓ -89%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $19.55 ↓ -89%
Humana TRICR $19.66 ↓ -89%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $19.75 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.75 ↓ -89%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -89%
Wellmed MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health MCR $19.75 ↓ -89%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -89%
United GVT $19.75 ↓ -89%
United MCR $20.14 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCRPPO $20.14 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCRHMO $20.14 ↓ -89%
Aetna MCR $20.34 ↓ -89%
Sunshine State MCR $20.74 ↓ -88%
Oscar MCR $20.74 ↓ -88%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $20.74 ↓ -88%
American Health Plan MCR $20.94 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $21.13 ↓ -88%
Florida Complete Care MCR $21.13 ↓ -88%
Align MCR $21.13 ↓ -88%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $21.73 ↓ -88%
Sunshine State MCD $21.73 ↓ -88%
Centurion GVT $21.73 ↓ -88%
Gold Kidney MCR $22.12 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $23.27 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $23.27 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $23.70 ↓ -87%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $23.70 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $25.08 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $27.85 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $28.64 ↓ -84%
Solis Health Plan MCR $28.64 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $29.63 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $34.01 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $37.59 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $37.59 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $38.13 ↓ -79%
AvMed Select $39.38 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $39.38 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $39.38 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $39.38 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $39.38 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $39.38 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $41.17 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $42.42 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $42.96 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $46.54 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $48.33 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $53.70 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $60.86 ↓ -66%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.62 ↓ -57%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $79.26 ↓ -56%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $79.26 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $80.55 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $89.50 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $89.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $89.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $89.50 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $89.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $103.82 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $134.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $152.15 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $214.80 ↑ +20%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Very long chain fatty acids at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $200.12 $18.76 – $32.96
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $170.27 $18.76 – $43.14
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $186.55 $5.78 – $157.25
martin north hospital Stuart $186.55 $6.08 – $126.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $169.65 $5.78 – $208.80
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $206.05 $19.75 – $132.56
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $134.07 $17.90 – $76.63
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $22.59 $19.75 – $73.92

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