IV Fluids (each additional hour) at HCA FLORIDA WESTSIDE HOSPITAL

401 NW 42ND AVE, PLANTATION, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466589

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$14.25 with CorVel Corporation vs $1,416.00 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.25 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.55 —
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $14.55 —
United AllPayerAppendix $78.94 —
Freedom Health MGMCR $101.48 —
Optimum MGMCR $101.48 —
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $153.40 —
Simply Healthcare HIX $159.30 —
Aetna QHP $164.02 —
Freedom Health MGMCD $188.80 —
Oscar HIX $188.80 —
Aetna HMO $199.42 —
Molina MCR $200.60 —
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $200.60 —
Aetna HMO-Gated $210.04 —
Aetna PPO $230.10 —
Aetna PPO-NonGated $241.90 —
Cigna HMO $247.80 —
Cigna PPO $247.80 —
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $251.34 —
AvMed FullyInsured $259.60 —
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $259.60 —
United PPO OptionsPPO $271.40 —
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $271.40 —
AvMed ASOEO $295.00 —
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $311.52 —
AvMed Empower $318.60 —
AvMed Engage $318.60 —
AvMed Flex $318.60 —
AvMed Focus $318.60 —
AvMed Select $318.60 —
Molina HIX $318.60 —
Aetna ASA $354.00 —
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $531.00 —
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $590.00 —
AvMed MDCSelectOON $590.00 —
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $590.00 —
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $590.00 —
Plotkin Health COMM $590.00 —
Medica HealthCare MCR $696.20 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $885.00 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,003.00 —
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,416.00 —

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IV Fluids (each additional hour) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $321.91 $46.45 – $81.61
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $987.75 $48.90 – $108.56
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $325.43 $46.45 – $104.44
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $303.16 $48.90 – $108.56
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $150.48 $46.45 – $106.82
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $356.62 $48.90 – $89.29
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $126.75 $9.19 – $323.31
martin north hospital Stuart $258.70 $9.19 – $339.48

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