Thyroid imaging at HCA FLORIDA WESTSIDE HOSPITAL
401 NW 42ND AVE, PLANTATION, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466589
$5,448.00
Cash price 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.
$5,448.00
Gross charge 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.
$468.53 with Freedom Health vs $6,537.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $468.53 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $468.53 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $708.24 | ↓ -87% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $871.68 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $926.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,144.08 | ↓ -79% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $1,144.08 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $1,160.42 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $1,198.56 | ↓ -78% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $1,253.04 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $1,291.18 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $1,307.52 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Select | $1,416.48 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $1,416.48 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $1,416.48 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $1,416.48 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $1,416.48 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $1,438.27 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $1,470.96 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,634.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,852.32 | ↓ -66% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,227.20 | ↓ -59% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,274.09 | ↓ -58% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,274.09 | ↓ -58% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $2,451.60 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $2,724.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JHSSelectHMO | $2,724.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $2,724.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | MDCSelectOON | $2,724.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $2,724.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $3,214.32 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $4,086.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $4,630.80 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $6,537.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Thyroid imaging at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $2,094.50 | $248.38 – $926.79 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $3,951.75 | $244.93 – $926.79 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $745.71 | $255.97 – $762.31 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $2,349.10 | $16.99 – $2,946.10 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $2,252.90 | $17.38 – $1,733.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $2,252.90 | $13.82 – $2,772.80 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $1,219.40 | $173.17 – $1,688.40 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $1,219.40 | $234.02 – $1,688.40 |