Knee MRI (without contrast) 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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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.

$517.79 with United vs $9,393.60 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 $517.79
Freedom Health MGMCR $673.21
Optimum MGMCR $673.21
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,017.64
Aetna QHP $1,060.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,252.48
Molina MCR $1,330.76
Aetna HMO $1,462.00
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,667.36
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,722.16
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,800.44
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,855.24
Aetna PPO $2,012.00
AvMed Flex $2,035.28
AvMed Select $2,035.28
AvMed Empower $2,035.28
AvMed Engage $2,035.28
AvMed Focus $2,035.28
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,066.59
Molina HIX $2,113.56
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00
Aetna ASA $2,348.40
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,596.64
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,651.31
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,651.31
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,522.60
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,914.00
Plotkin Health COMM $3,914.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3,914.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $3,914.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $3,914.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $4,618.52
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5,871.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $6,653.80
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $9,393.60

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Knee MRI (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $7,924.84 $236.71 – $517.67
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $816.12 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $7,173.10 $236.71 – $703.89
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $6,387.80 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,619.83 $236.71 – $675.95
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $9,055.08 $249.17 – $454.98
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,741.35 $57.39 – $1,772.25
martin north hospital Stuart $1,355.25 $51.35 – $1,042.50

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