X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 views 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

$567.00

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.

$567.00

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.

$48.76 with Optimum vs $680.40 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
Optimum MGMCR $48.76 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $48.76 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $73.71 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $73.71 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $90.72 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $107.73 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $119.07 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $119.07 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $120.77 ↓ -79%
AvMed Select $124.74 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $124.74 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $124.74 ↓ -78%
AvMed Engage $124.74 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $124.74 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $124.74 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $130.41 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $134.38 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $136.08 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $147.42 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $153.09 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $170.10 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $192.78 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $255.15 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $283.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $283.50 ↓ -50%
Palm Beach Juvenile Correction GVT $283.50 ↓ -50%
Health Care District COMM $283.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $283.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $328.86 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $425.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $481.95 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $525.25 ↓ -7%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $536.30 ↓ -5%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $536.30 ↓ -5%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -3%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $680.40 ↑ +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 thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 views at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,722.05 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,915.81 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,188.66 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $660.51 $103.72 – $238.49
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