Brain MRI (with contrast) at HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL

4797 PGA BLVD, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1326085424

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$8,055.00

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.

$8,055.00

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.

$550.00 with Healthy Palm Beaches vs $9,666.00 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
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $692.73 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $692.73 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,047.15 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $1,088.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHP $1,200.00 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,288.80 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1,369.35 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $1,462.00 ↓ -82%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,715.71 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,772.10 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,852.65 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,909.04 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $2,012.00 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,094.30 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2,097.00 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $2,097.00 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2,097.00 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $2,097.00 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $2,097.00 ↓ -74%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2,174.85 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASA $2,416.50 ↓ -70%
BLIS COMM $2,819.25 ↓ -65%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,282.51 ↓ -59%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,351.61 ↓ -58%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $3,351.61 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,624.75 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $4,027.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4,027.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $4,027.50 ↓ -50%
District Cares COMM $4,027.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $4,752.45 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6,041.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $6,444.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $6,846.75 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $9,666.00 ↑ +20%

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Brain MRI (with contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,579.93 $346.11 – $748.98
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $14,747.85 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,782.99 $346.11 – $1,018.40
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,931.10 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $5,081.15 $346.11 – $977.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $10,111.25 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,510.95 $74.29 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $66.47 – $1,540.00

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