Brain MRI (without 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

$6,935.00

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.

$6,935.00

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.

$517.79 with United vs $8,322.00 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
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -93%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $596.41 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $596.41 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $901.55 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $1,088.00 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,109.60 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1,178.95 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHP $1,200.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $1,462.00 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,477.15 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,525.70 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,595.05 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,643.60 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,803.10 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,872.45 ↓ -73%
Aetna PPO $2,012.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASA $2,080.50 ↓ -70%
AvMed Engage $2,097.00 ↓ -70%
AvMed Select $2,097.00 ↓ -70%
AvMed Empower $2,097.00 ↓ -70%
AvMed Flex $2,097.00 ↓ -70%
AvMed Focus $2,097.00 ↓ -70%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00 ↓ -69%
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $2,427.25 ↓ -65%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,572.77 ↓ -63%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,626.93 ↓ -62%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,626.93 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,120.75 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,467.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3,467.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $3,467.50 ↓ -50%
District Cares COMM $3,467.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $4,091.65 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5,201.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $5,548.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $5,894.75 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $8,322.00 ↑ +20%

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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,130.95 $236.71 – $517.67
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $13,405.00 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,395.32 $236.71 – $703.89
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,841.17 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $4,290.74 $236.71 – $675.95
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $7,833.94 $249.17 – $454.98
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,778.40 $61.08 – $1,772.25
martin north hospital Stuart $1,643.85 $54.65 – $1,042.50

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