Brain image w/flow 4 + views 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

$6,830.00

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.

$6,830.00

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.

$587.38 with Freedom Health vs $8,196.00 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $587.38 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $587.38 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $887.90 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,092.80 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1,161.10 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $1,434.30 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $1,434.30 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,454.79 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,502.60 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,570.90 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,618.71 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $1,639.20 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $1,775.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $1,775.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $1,775.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1,775.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $1,775.80 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,803.12 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,844.10 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $2,049.00 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,227.20 ↓ -67%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,274.09 ↓ -67%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,274.09 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $2,322.20 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,073.50 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3,415.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $3,415.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $3,415.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $3,415.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,415.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $4,029.70 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5,122.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $5,805.50 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $8,196.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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