Cytopath smear other source 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

$1,137.00

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.

$1,137.00

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.

$49.76 with United vs $1,364.40 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 ↓ -96%
Freedom Health MGMCR $97.78 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $97.78 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $147.81 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $153.50 ↓ -86%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $169.95 ↓ -85%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $173.52 ↓ -85%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $173.52 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $181.92 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $181.92 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $193.29 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $193.29 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $238.77 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $238.77 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $242.18 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $250.14 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $261.51 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $269.47 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $272.88 ↓ -76%
AvMed Flex $295.62 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $295.62 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $295.62 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $295.62 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $295.62 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $300.17 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $306.99 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $341.10 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $386.58 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $511.65 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $568.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $568.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $568.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $568.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $568.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $670.83 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $852.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $966.45 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,364.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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