X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$2,060.00

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.

$2,060.00

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.

$177.16 with Optimum vs $2,472.00 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
Optimum MGMCR $177.16 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $177.16 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $267.80 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $267.80 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $329.60 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $391.40 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $432.60 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $432.60 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $438.78 ↓ -79%
AvMed Empower $453.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $453.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $453.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $453.20 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $453.20 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $453.20 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $473.80 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $488.22 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $494.40 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $535.60 ↓ -74%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -73%
Molina HIX $556.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $618.00 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $700.40 ↓ -66%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $825.66 ↓ -60%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $843.05 ↓ -59%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $843.05 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $927.00 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,030.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,030.00 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $1,030.00 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $1,030.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,030.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,194.80 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,545.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,751.00 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,472.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at other Florida hospitals

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Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,090.75 $167.61 – $305.71
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,182.30 $151.33 – $631.85
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,102.75 $136.01 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $639.18 $174.01 – $400.13
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,672.90 $142.14 – $334.46
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martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $17.16 – $767.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $997.75 $20.52 – $1,228.00

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