Platelet automated 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.

$4.44 with HUMANA vs $142.27 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.44
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.44
Humana TRICR $4.46
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $4.48
Wellmed MGMCR $4.48
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.48
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.48
Devoted Health MCR $4.48
United AllPayerAppendix $4.48
United GVT $4.48
United MCR $4.57
BCBS MCRPPO $4.57
BCBS MCRHMO $4.57
Aetna MCR $4.61
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.70
AvMed MCR $4.70
Oscar MCR $4.70
Sunshine State MCR $4.70
American Health Plan MCR $4.75
Align MCR $4.79
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $4.79
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.79
Centurion GVT $4.93
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $4.93
Sunshine State MCD $4.93
Gold Kidney MCR $5.02
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.38
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.38
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.69
Oscar HIX $6.32
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.50
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $6.72
Freedom Health MGMCR $7.05
Optimum MGMCR $7.05
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $10.66
Freedom Health MGMCD $13.12
Molina MCR $13.94
AvMed FullyInsured $17.22
Humana HMO $17.22
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $17.47
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $18.04
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $18.86
United PPO OptionsPPO $19.43
AvMed ASOEO $19.68
AvMed Engage $21.32
AvMed Select $21.32
AvMed Empower $21.32
AvMed Flex $21.32
AvMed Focus $21.32
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $21.65
Molina HIX $22.14
Aetna ASA $24.60
Humana PPO $27.88
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $36.90
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $41.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $41.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $41.00
Plotkin Health COMM $41.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $41.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $48.38
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $61.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $69.70
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $98.40
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $139.34
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $142.27
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $142.27
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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