Ultrasound chest 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.

$226.61 with Freedom Health vs $3,162.00 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 $226.61
Optimum MGMCR $226.61
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $342.55
Freedom Health MGMCD $421.60
Molina MCR $447.95
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $527.77
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $538.88
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $538.88
AvMed FullyInsured $553.35
Humana HMO $553.35
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $561.25
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $579.70
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $606.05
United PPO OptionsPPO $624.50
AvMed ASOEO $632.40
AvMed Empower $685.10
AvMed Focus $685.10
AvMed Flex $685.10
AvMed Select $685.10
AvMed Engage $685.10
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $695.64
Molina HIX $711.45
Aetna ASA $790.50
Humana PPO $895.90
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,185.75
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,317.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,317.50
Plotkin Health COMM $1,317.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,317.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,317.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,554.65
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,976.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,239.75
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $3,162.00
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Ultrasound chest at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,145.26 $103.72 – $236.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,318.41 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,004.02 $103.72 – $321.33
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,893.70 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,522.69 $103.72 – $308.58
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,824.31 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $750.10 $22.58 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $750.10 $20.21 – $459.00

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