Chg radiologic exam esophagus double 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

$5,724.00

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.

$5,724.00

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.

$401.74 with United vs $6,868.80 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 $401.74 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $492.26 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $492.26 ↓ -91%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -90%
AvMed HIX $744.12 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $744.12 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $825.66 ↓ -86%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $843.05 ↓ -85%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $843.05 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $915.84 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $973.08 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $1,202.04 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $1,202.04 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,219.21 ↓ -79%
AvMed Engage $1,259.28 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,259.28 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $1,259.28 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $1,259.28 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $1,259.28 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $1,259.28 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,316.52 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,356.59 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $1,373.76 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,488.24 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,545.48 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $1,717.20 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $1,946.16 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $2,003.40 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,575.80 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,862.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,862.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,862.00 ↓ -50%
District Cares COMM $2,862.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $3,377.16 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,293.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $4,579.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,865.40 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $6,868.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,355.11 $183.17 – $334.46
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,179.75 $33.00 – $1,304.75
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Baptist Hospital MIAMI $824.85 $73.69 – $1,142.10
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $824.85 $73.69 – $1,142.10
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Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $824.85 $71.44 – $1,142.10

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