Cell marker study 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.

$49.76 with United vs $1,257.60 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 $49.76
Freedom Health MGMCR $90.13
Optimum MGMCR $90.13
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $136.24
Simply Healthcare HIX $141.48
Freedom Health MGMCD $167.68
Oscar HIX $167.68
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $169.95
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $173.52
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $173.52
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $178.16
Molina MCR $178.16
AvMed FullyInsured $220.08
Humana HMO $220.08
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $223.22
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $230.56
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $241.04
United PPO OptionsPPO $248.38
AvMed ASOEO $251.52
AvMed Flex $272.48
AvMed Select $272.48
AvMed Empower $272.48
AvMed Engage $272.48
AvMed Focus $272.48
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $276.67
Molina HIX $282.96
Aetna ASA $314.40
Humana PPO $356.32
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $471.60
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $524.00
Plotkin Health COMM $524.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $524.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $524.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $524.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $618.32
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $786.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $890.80
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,257.60
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Cell marker study at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $91.00 $49.76 – $157.84
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $332.79 $54.42 – $99.37
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $415.35 $11.52 – $175.00
martin north hospital Stuart $415.35 $12.13 – $221.05
indian river hospital Vero Beach $415.35 $11.52 – $511.20
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $664.95 $25.20 – $70.00
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $36.66 $49.76 – $160.23
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $37.74 $49.47 – $283.73

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →