Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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.

$13.26 with HUMANA vs $3,718.80 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
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.26
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.26
Humana TRICR $13.33
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $13.39
Wellmed MGMCR $13.39
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $13.39
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.39
Devoted Health MCR $13.39
United AllPayerAppendix $13.39
United GVT $13.39
United MCR $13.66
BCBS MCRPPO $13.66
BCBS MCRHMO $13.66
Aetna MCR $13.79
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $14.06
AvMed MCR $14.06
Oscar MCR $14.06
Sunshine State MCR $14.06
American Health Plan MCR $14.19
Align MCR $14.33
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $14.33
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.33
Centurion GVT $14.73
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $14.73
Sunshine State MCD $14.73
Gold Kidney MCR $15.00
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $16.07
Longevity Health Plan MCR $16.07
Simply Healthcare HIX $17.01
Oscar HIX $18.88
Solis Health Plan MCR $19.42
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $20.09
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $235.39
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $240.35
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $240.35
Freedom Health MGMCR $266.51
Optimum MGMCR $266.51
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $402.87
Freedom Health MGMCD $495.84
Molina MCR $526.83
Humana HMO $650.79
AvMed FullyInsured $650.79
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $660.09
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $681.78
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $712.77
United PPO OptionsPPO $734.46
AvMed ASOEO $743.76
AvMed Engage $805.74
AvMed Empower $805.74
AvMed Flex $805.74
AvMed Select $805.74
AvMed Focus $805.74
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $818.14
Molina HIX $836.73
Aetna ASA $929.70
Humana PPO $1,053.66
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,394.55
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,549.50
Plotkin Health COMM $1,549.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,549.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,549.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,549.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,828.41
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,324.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,634.15
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $3,718.80
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $327.17 $12.72 – $22.35
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $805.91 $13.39 – $29.73
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $327.17 $12.72 – $28.60
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $595.51 $13.39 – $29.73
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $311.59 $12.72 – $29.25
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $98.48 $13.39 – $24.45
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $115.70 $4.31 – $22.10
martin north hospital Stuart $115.70 $4.54 – $74.00

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