Chromatography 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

$93.00

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.

$93.00

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.

$8.00 with Freedom Health vs $111.60 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $8.00 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $8.00 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $12.09 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $14.88 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $15.81 ↓ -83%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $17.88 ↓ -81%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $17.88 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICR $17.98 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health MCR $18.06 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.06 ↓ -81%
United GVT $18.06 ↓ -81%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -81%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -81%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $18.06 ↓ -81%
Wellmed MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -81%
United MCR $18.42 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCRHMO $18.42 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.42 ↓ -80%
Aetna MCR $18.60 ↓ -80%
Sunshine State MCR $18.96 ↓ -80%
Oscar MCR $18.96 ↓ -80%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $18.96 ↓ -80%
AvMed MCR $18.96 ↓ -80%
American Health Plan MCR $19.14 ↓ -79%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $19.32 ↓ -79%
Florida Complete Care MCR $19.32 ↓ -79%
Align MCR $19.32 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $19.53 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $19.53 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $19.81 ↓ -79%
Sunshine State MCD $19.87 ↓ -79%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $19.87 ↓ -79%
Centurion GVT $19.87 ↓ -79%
Gold Kidney MCR $20.23 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $20.46 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $21.39 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $21.67 ↓ -77%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $21.67 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $22.04 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $22.32 ↓ -76%
Simply Healthcare HIX $22.94 ↓ -75%
AvMed Focus $24.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $24.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $24.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $24.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $24.18 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $24.55 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $25.11 ↓ -73%
Oscar HIX $25.46 ↓ -73%
Solis Health Plan MCR $26.19 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $27.09 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASA $27.90 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $31.62 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $41.85 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $46.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $46.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $46.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $46.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $46.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $54.87 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $69.75 ↓ -25%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $78.11 ↓ -16%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $79.05 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $79.75 ↓ -14%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $79.75 ↓ -14%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $111.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Chromatography at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $27.93 $17.16 – $30.14
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $56.89 $18.06 – $40.09
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $31.04 $17.16 – $38.57
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $278.75 $18.06 – $40.09
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $96.75 $17.16 – $39.45
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $132.94 $18.06 – $32.98
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