Histochemical stains add-on 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

$824.00

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.

$824.00

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.

$56.86 with Aetna vs $988.80 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
Aetna MCR $56.86 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $70.86 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $70.86 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRHMO $74.16 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $79.91 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $107.12 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $111.24 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $131.84 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $131.84 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $140.08 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $140.08 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $173.04 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $173.04 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $175.51 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $181.28 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $189.52 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $195.29 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $197.76 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $214.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $214.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $214.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $214.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $214.24 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $217.54 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $222.48 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $247.20 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $280.16 ↓ -66%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $301.88 ↓ -63%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $308.24 ↓ -63%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $308.24 ↓ -63%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $370.80 ↓ -55%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $412.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $412.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $412.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $412.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $412.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $486.16 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $618.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $700.40 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $988.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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