Artery x-rays chest 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

$16,728.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$16,728.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,438.61 with Freedom Health vs $20,073.60 with AIDS Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,438.61 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $1,438.61 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2,174.64 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $2,676.48 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $2,843.76 ↓ -83%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,901.69 ↓ -83%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,962.78 ↓ -82%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,962.78 ↓ -82%
Humana HMO $3,512.88 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $3,512.88 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3,563.06 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $3,680.16 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $3,847.44 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $3,964.54 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $4,014.72 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $4,349.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $4,349.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $4,349.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $4,349.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $4,349.28 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,416.19 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4,516.56 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $5,018.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $5,687.52 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7,527.60 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $8,364.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $8,364.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $8,364.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $8,364.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $8,364.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $9,869.52 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $12,546.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $14,218.80 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $20,073.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Artery x-rays chest at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $10,046.69 $1,361.03 – $5,503.18
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,333.83 $1,104.38 – $7,319.99
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $12,920.80 $1,154.15 – $6,020.85
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $17,942.60 $54.57 – $23,075.80
martin north hospital Stuart $17,646.20 $48.82 – $13,574.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $17,646.20 $44.80 – $21,718.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $6,271.20 $173.17 – $8,683.20
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $6,271.20 $959.00 – $8,683.20

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →