X-ray forearm 2 views (both sides) 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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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.

$93.57 with Freedom Health vs $1,305.60 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.

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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 $93.57
Optimum MGMCR $93.57
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $141.44
Freedom Health MGMCD $174.08
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Molina MCR $184.96
Humana HMO $228.48
AvMed FullyInsured $228.48
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $231.74
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $239.36
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $250.24
United PPO OptionsPPO $257.86
AvMed ASOEO $261.12
AvMed Select $282.88
AvMed Focus $282.88
AvMed Flex $282.88
AvMed Engage $282.88
AvMed Empower $282.88
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $287.23
Molina HIX $293.76
Aetna ASA $326.40
Humana PPO $369.92
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $414.83
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $423.56
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $423.56
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $489.60
Plotkin Health COMM $544.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $544.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $544.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $544.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $544.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $641.92
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $816.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $924.80
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,305.60
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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X-ray forearm 2 views (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $796.43 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,227.37 $77.67 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $827.94 $85.22 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,282.89 $76.59 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $579.32 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,519.42 $80.04 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $535.60 $6.68 – $646.00
martin north hospital Stuart $535.60 $5.97 – $380.00

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