Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium only) at HCA FLORIDA WESTSIDE HOSPITAL
401 NW 42ND AVE, PLANTATION, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466589
$3,826.00
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.
$3,826.00
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.
$303.54 with United vs $4,591.20 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $303.54 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $329.04 | ↓ -91% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $329.04 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $497.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $612.16 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $650.42 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $814.94 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $841.72 | ↓ -78% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $841.72 | ↓ -78% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $879.98 | ↓ -77% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $879.98 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $956.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $1,010.06 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $1,033.02 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | Focus | $1,033.02 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | Flex | $1,033.02 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | HIX | $1,033.02 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | Empower | $1,033.02 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | Engage | $1,033.02 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,147.80 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $1,721.70 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | MDCSelectOON | $1,913.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $1,913.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $1,913.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $1,913.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JHSSelectHMO | $1,913.00 | ↓ -50% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,232.48 | ↓ -42% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $2,257.34 | ↓ -41% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,279.48 | ↓ -40% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,279.48 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $2,869.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $3,252.10 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $4,591.20 | ↑ +20% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium only) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,077.38 | $174.01 – $305.71 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $1,019.60 | $174.01 – $631.85 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $1,516.80 | $183.17 – $429.66 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $1,234.65 | $174.01 – $400.13 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $1,530.38 | $183.17 – $334.46 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,205.75 | $28.98 – $1,304.75 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $997.75 | $25.93 – $767.50 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $997.75 | $26.34 – $1,228.00 |