Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination 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.

$49.76 with United vs $1,966.80 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 $49.76
Optimum MGMCR $140.95
Freedom Health MGMCR $140.95
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $213.07
Simply Healthcare HIX $221.26
Freedom Health MGMCD $262.24
Oscar HIX $262.24
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $278.63
Molina MCR $278.63
Humana HMO $344.19
AvMed FullyInsured $344.19
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $349.11
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $360.58
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $376.97
United PPO OptionsPPO $388.44
AvMed ASOEO $393.36
AvMed Empower $426.14
AvMed Select $426.14
AvMed Engage $426.14
AvMed Flex $426.14
AvMed Focus $426.14
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $432.70
Molina HIX $442.53
Aetna ASA $491.70
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $511.94
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $522.71
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $522.71
Humana PPO $557.26
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $737.55
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $819.50
Plotkin Health COMM $819.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $819.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $819.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $819.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $967.01
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,229.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,393.15
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,966.80
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $557.21 $51.70 – $90.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $157.26 $54.42 – $120.81
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $405.00 $51.70 – $116.23
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,206.51 $54.42 – $120.81
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $463.46 $51.70 – $118.88
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $405.00 $54.42 – $99.37
indian river hospital Vero Beach $209.95 $19.72 – $323.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $560.30 $15.22 – $79.20

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