Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet 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

$61.00

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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.

$61.00

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.

$0.23 with United vs $73.20 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 $0.23 ↓ -100%
Humana TRICR $0.23 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $4.21 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $5.25 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $5.25 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRHMO $5.49 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $6.10 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $7.63 ↓ -87%
BCBS SBN $7.63 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $7.93 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $8.23 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $9.76 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $9.76 ↓ -84%
BCBS NWB $9.94 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $9.94 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $10.37 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $10.37 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $12.81 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $12.81 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $12.81 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $12.81 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $12.99 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $13.42 ↓ -78%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $13.79 ↓ -77%
BCBS PHS $13.79 ↓ -77%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $14.03 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $14.46 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $14.64 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $15.86 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $15.86 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $15.86 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $15.86 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $15.86 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $16.10 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $16.47 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $18.30 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $20.74 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $27.45 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $30.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $30.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $30.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $30.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $30.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $35.99 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $45.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $51.85 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $73.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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