Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) 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.

$192.38 with Freedom Health vs $2,684.40 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $192.38 —
Optimum MGMCR $192.38 —
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $290.81 —
United AllPayerAppendix $303.54 —
Freedom Health MGMCD $357.92 —
Molina MCR $380.29 —
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $465.50 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $475.30 —
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $475.30 —
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $476.48 —
AvMed FullyInsured $492.14 —
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $492.14 —
United PPO OptionsPPO $514.51 —
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $514.51 —
AvMed ASOEO $559.25 —
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $590.57 —
AvMed Empower $603.99 —
AvMed Select $603.99 —
Molina HIX $603.99 —
AvMed Flex $603.99 —
AvMed Engage $603.99 —
AvMed Focus $603.99 —
Aetna ASA $671.10 —
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,006.65 —
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,118.50 —
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,118.50 —
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,118.50 —
Plotkin Health COMM $1,118.50 —
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,118.50 —
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,319.83 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,677.75 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,901.45 —
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,684.40 —

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Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,388.76 $167.61 – $305.71
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,028.12 $151.33 – $391.23
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,903.56 $136.01 – $406.63
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $589.82 $174.01 – $400.13
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,814.46 $142.14 – $334.46
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,208.35 $19.75 – $1,304.75
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $17.67 – $767.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $997.75 $17.88 – $1,228.00

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