Immunofixation electrophoresis serum 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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$22.12 with HUMANA vs $462.00 with AIDS Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $22.12
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $22.12
Humana TRICR $22.24
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $22.34
Wellmed MGMCR $22.34
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $22.34
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $22.34
Devoted Health MCR $22.34
United AllPayerAppendix $22.34
United GVT $22.34
United MCR $22.79
BCBS MCRPPO $22.79
BCBS MCRHMO $22.79
Aetna MCR $23.01
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $23.46
AvMed MCR $23.46
Oscar MCR $23.46
Sunshine State MCR $23.46
American Health Plan MCR $23.68
Align MCR $23.90
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $23.90
Florida Complete Care MCR $23.90
Centurion GVT $24.57
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $24.57
Sunshine State MCD $24.57
Gold Kidney MCR $25.02
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $26.81
Longevity Health Plan MCR $26.81
Simply Healthcare HIX $28.37
Oscar HIX $31.50
Solis Health Plan MCR $32.39
Optimum MGMCR $33.11
Freedom Health MGMCR $33.11
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $33.51
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $50.05
Freedom Health MGMCD $61.60
Molina MCR $65.45
AvMed FullyInsured $80.85
Humana HMO $80.85
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $82.00
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $84.70
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $88.55
United PPO OptionsPPO $91.25
AvMed ASOEO $92.40
AvMed Engage $100.10
AvMed Flex $100.10
AvMed Focus $100.10
AvMed Select $100.10
AvMed Empower $100.10
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $101.64
Molina HIX $103.95
Aetna ASA $115.50
Humana PPO $130.90
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $173.25
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $192.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $192.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $192.50
Plotkin Health COMM $192.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $192.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $227.15
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $288.16
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $288.75
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $294.23
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $294.23
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $327.25
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $462.00
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $78.06 $21.22 – $37.29
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $77.58 $22.34 – $49.59
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $65.30 $21.22 – $47.72
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $110.91 $22.34 – $49.59
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $134.01 $21.22 – $48.80
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $451.00 $17.87 – $267.64
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $164.95 $22.34 – $40.79
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $46.80 $5.23 – $28.00

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