Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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

$1,040.00

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.

$1,040.00

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.

$5.69 with Palm Beach PACE vs $1,248.00 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
Palm Beach PACE MCR $5.69 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.93 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.93 ↓ -99%
Humana TRICR $5.97 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.99 ↓ -99%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $5.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $5.99 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.99 ↓ -99%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $5.99 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $5.99 ↓ -99%
United GVT $5.99 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.11 ↓ -99%
United MCR $6.11 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $6.11 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $6.17 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $6.29 ↓ -99%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $6.29 ↓ -99%
Oscar MCR $6.29 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $6.35 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.41 ↓ -99%
Align MCR $6.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $6.41 ↓ -99%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $6.59 ↓ -99%
Centurion GVT $6.59 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCD $6.59 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney MCR $6.71 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.19 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $7.19 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.61 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $8.45 ↓ -99%
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.69 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $8.98 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $88.72 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $89.44 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $89.44 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $90.59 ↓ -91%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $90.59 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $135.20 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $135.20 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $166.40 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $176.80 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $218.40 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $218.40 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $221.52 ↓ -79%
AvMed Engage $228.80 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $228.80 ↓ -78%
AvMed Select $228.80 ↓ -78%
AvMed Empower $228.80 ↓ -78%
AvMed Flex $228.80 ↓ -78%
AvMed Focus $228.80 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $239.20 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $246.48 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $249.60 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $270.40 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $280.80 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $312.00 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $353.60 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $364.00 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $468.00 ↓ -55%
District Cares COMM $520.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $520.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $520.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $520.00 ↓ -50%
Healthy Palm Beaches COMM $550.00 ↓ -47%
Medica HealthCare MCR $613.60 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $780.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $832.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $884.00 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,248.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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