Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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.

$4.71 with HUMANA vs $727.20 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
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.71
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.71
Humana TRICR $4.74
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $4.76
Wellmed MGMCR $4.76
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.76
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.76
Devoted Health MCR $4.76
United AllPayerAppendix $4.76
United GVT $4.76
United MCR $4.86
BCBS MCRPPO $4.86
BCBS MCRHMO $4.86
Aetna MCR $4.90
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.00
AvMed MCR $5.00
Oscar MCR $5.00
Sunshine State MCR $5.00
American Health Plan MCR $5.05
Align MCR $5.09
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $5.09
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.09
Centurion GVT $5.24
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $5.24
Sunshine State MCD $5.24
Gold Kidney MCR $5.33
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.71
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.71
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.05
Oscar HIX $6.71
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.90
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $7.14
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $49.61
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $50.65
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $50.65
Freedom Health MGMCR $52.12
Optimum MGMCR $52.12
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $78.78
Freedom Health MGMCD $96.96
Molina MCR $103.02
Humana HMO $127.26
AvMed FullyInsured $127.26
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $129.08
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $133.32
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $139.38
United PPO OptionsPPO $143.62
AvMed ASOEO $145.44
AvMed Engage $157.56
AvMed Empower $157.56
AvMed Flex $157.56
AvMed Select $157.56
AvMed Focus $157.56
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $159.98
Molina HIX $163.62
Aetna ASA $181.80
Humana PPO $206.04
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $272.70
AvMed MDCSelectOON $303.00
Plotkin Health COMM $303.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $303.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $303.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $303.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $357.54
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $454.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $515.10
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $727.20
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $110.26 $4.52 – $7.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $307.01 $4.76 – $10.57
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $110.26 $4.52 – $10.17
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $199.63 $4.76 – $10.57
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $94.51 $4.52 – $10.40
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $35.70 $4.76 – $8.69
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $36.40 $2.00 – $29.75
martin north hospital Stuart $69.55 $2.73 – $42.00

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