Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at HCA FLORIDA WESTSIDE HOSPITAL

401 NW 42ND AVE, PLANTATION, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466589

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

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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.

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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.

$245.18 with United vs $8,312.40 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
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Freedom Health MGMCR $595.72
Optimum MGMCR $595.72
Aetna QHP $769.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $900.51
Aetna HMO $1,061.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,108.32
Molina MCR $1,177.59
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,475.45
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,523.94
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,593.21
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,641.70
AvMed Flex $1,801.02
AvMed Select $1,801.02
AvMed Empower $1,801.02
AvMed Engage $1,801.02
AvMed Focus $1,801.02
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,828.73
Molina HIX $1,870.29
Aetna ASA $2,078.10
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,106.47
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,117.15
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $3,171.87
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,171.87
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,463.50
Plotkin Health COMM $3,463.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3,463.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $3,463.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $3,463.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $4,086.93
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5,195.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $5,887.95
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $8,312.40

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Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,646.44 $103.72 – $222.10
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $8,427.48 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $5,462.61 $103.72 – $301.99
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $6,844.73 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,200.73 $103.72 – $290.01
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $7,696.08 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $937.30 $49.58 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $596.70 $44.36 – $524.00

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