Brain MRI (without contrast) at HCA FLORIDA WESTSIDE HOSPITAL
401 NW 42ND AVE, PLANTATION, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466589
$11,785.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$11,785.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$517.79 with United vs $14,142.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | ↓ -96% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1,013.51 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $1,013.51 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | QHP | $1,060.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,462.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $1,532.05 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $1,885.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $2,003.45 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | PPO | $2,012.00 | ↓ -83% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $2,119.00 | ↓ -82% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2,329.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $2,510.20 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $2,592.70 | ↓ -78% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,693.75 | ↓ -77% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $2,710.55 | ↓ -77% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,750.46 | ↓ -77% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,750.46 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $2,793.05 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Select | $3,064.10 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $3,064.10 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $3,064.10 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $3,064.10 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $3,064.10 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $3,111.24 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $3,181.95 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,535.50 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $5,303.25 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $5,892.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JHSSelectHMO | $5,892.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | MDCSelectOON | $5,892.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $5,892.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $5,892.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $6,953.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $8,838.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $10,017.25 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $14,142.00 | ↑ +20% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $5,130.95 | $236.71 – $517.67 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $13,405.00 | $249.17 – $553.15 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $4,395.32 | $236.71 – $703.89 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $5,841.17 | $249.17 – $553.15 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $4,290.74 | $236.71 – $675.95 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $7,833.94 | $249.17 – $454.98 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,778.40 | $61.08 – $1,772.25 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $1,643.85 | $54.65 – $1,042.50 |