Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, 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

$6,538.00

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.

$6,538.00

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.

$517.79 with United vs $7,845.60 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 $517.79 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $562.27 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $562.27 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $849.94 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,046.08 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHP $1,060.00 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1,111.46 ↓ -83%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,392.59 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,438.36 ↓ -78%
Aetna HMO $1,462.00 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,503.74 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,549.51 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $1,699.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1,699.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $1,699.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $1,699.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $1,699.88 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,726.03 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,765.26 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $1,961.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna PPO $2,012.00 ↓ -69%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00 ↓ -68%
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00 ↓ -64%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,741.25 ↓ -58%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,798.96 ↓ -57%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,798.96 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,942.10 ↓ -55%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $3,269.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $3,269.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3,269.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,269.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $3,269.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $3,857.42 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,903.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $5,557.30 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $7,845.60 ↑ +20%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $4,913.48 $236.71 – $517.67
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $16,214.30 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,206.89 $236.71 – $703.89
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,763.15 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,940.61 $236.71 – $675.95
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $6,719.91 $249.17 – $454.98
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,667.25 $49.86 – $1,772.25
martin north hospital Stuart $1,355.25 $44.61 – $1,042.50

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