Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL

2801 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, MARGATE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466563

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.

$158.58 with Freedom Health vs $1,567.40 with Multiplan — 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 $158.58
Optimum MGMCR $158.58
AvMed HIX $239.72
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $239.72
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Freedom Health MGMCD $295.04
Molina MCR $350.36
AvMed FullyInsured $387.24
Humana HMO $387.24
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $392.77
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $424.12
United PPO OptionsPPO $437.03
AvMed ASOEO $442.56
AvMed Flex $479.44
AvMed Focus $479.44
AvMed Select $479.44
AvMed Empower $479.44
AvMed Engage $479.44
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $486.82
Molina HIX $497.88
AvMed JHSSelect $516.32
AvMed MDCSelect $516.32
Aetna ASA $553.20
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $617.49
Humana PPO $626.96
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $630.49
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $630.49
BLIS COMM $645.40
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $829.80
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $922.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $922.00
Plotkin Health COMM $922.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,069.52
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,383.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,567.40
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,008.97 $103.72 – $236.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,536.78 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,762.52 $103.72 – $321.33
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,532.21 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,126.70 $103.72 – $308.58
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,490.27 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $765.70 $24.29 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $765.70 $21.73 – $459.00

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