Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/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

$271.00

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.

$271.00

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.

$17.80 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 $17.80 ↓ -93%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $17.80 ↓ -93%
Humana TRICR $17.90 ↓ -93%
United GVT $17.98 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -93%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MCR $17.98 ↓ -93%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -93%
Wellmed MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -93%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $17.98 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.34 ↓ -93%
United MCR $18.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $18.34 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $18.52 ↓ -93%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $18.88 ↓ -93%
Oscar MCR $18.88 ↓ -93%
Sunshine State MCR $18.88 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MCR $19.06 ↓ -93%
Florida Complete Care MCR $19.24 ↓ -93%
Align MCR $19.24 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $19.24 ↓ -93%
Centurion GVT $19.78 ↓ -93%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $19.78 ↓ -93%
Sunshine State MCD $19.78 ↓ -93%
Gold Kidney MCR $20.14 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $21.58 ↓ -92%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $21.58 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $22.83 ↓ -92%
Optimum MGMCR $23.31 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $23.31 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $25.35 ↓ -91%
Solis Health Plan MCR $26.07 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $26.97 ↓ -90%
AvMed HIX $35.23 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $35.23 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $43.36 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $51.49 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $56.91 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $56.91 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $57.72 ↓ -79%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $59.48 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $59.62 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $59.62 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $59.62 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $59.62 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $59.62 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $59.62 ↓ -78%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $60.73 ↓ -78%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $60.73 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $62.33 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $64.23 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $65.04 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $70.46 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $73.17 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $81.30 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $92.14 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $121.95 ↓ -55%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $135.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $135.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $135.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $135.50 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $135.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $157.18 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $203.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $230.35 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $325.20 ↑ +20%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↑ +103%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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