Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$224.00

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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.

$224.00

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.

$19.26 with Freedom Health vs $268.80 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $19.26 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $19.26 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $22.19 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $22.19 ↓ -90%
Humana TRICR $22.31 ↓ -90%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $22.41 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MCR $22.41 ↓ -90%
United GVT $22.41 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.41 ↓ -90%
Wellmed MGMCR $22.41 ↓ -90%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $22.41 ↓ -90%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $22.41 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.86 ↓ -90%
United MCR $22.86 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRHMO $22.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCR $23.08 ↓ -90%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $23.53 ↓ -89%
Sunshine State MCR $23.53 ↓ -89%
Oscar MCR $23.53 ↓ -89%
AvMed MCR $23.53 ↓ -89%
American Health Plan MCR $23.75 ↓ -89%
Florida Complete Care MCR $23.98 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $23.98 ↓ -89%
Align MCR $23.98 ↓ -89%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $24.65 ↓ -89%
Sunshine State MCD $24.65 ↓ -89%
Centurion GVT $24.65 ↓ -89%
Gold Kidney MCR $25.10 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $26.89 ↓ -88%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $26.89 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare HIX $28.46 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $29.12 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $31.60 ↓ -86%
Solis Health Plan MCR $32.49 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $33.62 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $35.84 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $38.08 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $47.04 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $47.04 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $47.71 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $49.28 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $51.52 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $53.09 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $53.76 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $58.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $58.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $58.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $58.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $58.24 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $59.14 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $60.48 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $67.20 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $76.16 ↓ -66%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $81.27 ↓ -64%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↓ -63%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↓ -63%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $100.80 ↓ -55%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $112.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $112.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $112.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $112.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $112.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $132.16 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $168.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $190.40 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $268.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $23.22 $21.29 – $37.40
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $345.90 $22.41 – $49.75
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $15.00 $17.93 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $149.14 $22.41 – $40.92
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $211.25 $6.33 – $34.56
martin north hospital Stuart $211.25 $6.66 – $33.02
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $29.25 $6.93 – $40.50
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $29.25 $6.93 – $40.50

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