Culture body fluid 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.

$8.53 with HUMANA vs $568.80 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 $8.53
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.53
Humana TRICR $8.58
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $8.62
Wellmed MGMCR $8.62
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.62
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.62
Devoted Health MCR $8.62
United AllPayerAppendix $8.62
United GVT $8.62
United MCR $8.79
BCBS MCRPPO $8.79
BCBS MCRHMO $8.79
Aetna MCR $8.88
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.05
AvMed MCR $9.05
Oscar MCR $9.05
Sunshine State MCR $9.05
American Health Plan MCR $9.14
Align MCR $9.22
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $9.22
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.22
Centurion GVT $9.48
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $9.48
Sunshine State MCD $9.48
Gold Kidney MCR $9.65
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $10.34
Longevity Health Plan MCR $10.34
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.95
Oscar HIX $12.15
Solis Health Plan MCR $12.50
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $12.93
Freedom Health MGMCR $40.76
Optimum MGMCR $40.76
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $61.62
Freedom Health MGMCD $75.84
Molina MCR $80.58
AvMed FullyInsured $99.54
Humana HMO $99.54
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $100.96
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $104.28
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $109.02
United PPO OptionsPPO $112.34
AvMed ASOEO $113.76
AvMed Engage $123.24
AvMed Select $123.24
AvMed Empower $123.24
AvMed Flex $123.24
AvMed Focus $123.24
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $125.14
Molina HIX $127.98
Aetna ASA $142.20
Humana PPO $161.16
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $213.30
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $237.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $237.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $237.00
Plotkin Health COMM $237.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $237.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $249.11
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $254.35
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $254.35
Medica HealthCare MCR $279.66
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $355.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $402.90
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $568.80
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $434.13 $8.19 – $14.39
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $434.13 $8.62 – $19.14
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $434.13 $8.19 – $18.41
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $270.31 $8.62 – $19.14
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $404.06 $8.19 – $18.83
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