Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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.

$29.67 with Optimum vs $293.25 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
Optimum MGMCR $29.67
Freedom Health MGMCR $29.67
BCBS MBN $34.50
BCBS HMO $43.13
BCBS SBN $43.13
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $44.85
Humana TRICR $51.49
Freedom Health MGMCD $55.20
BCBS NWB $56.23
BCBS PPO $56.23
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $77.97
BCBS PHS $77.97
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $79.35
United PPO OptionsPPO $81.77
United AllPayerAppendix $87.58
AvMed Flex $89.70
AvMed Select $89.70
AvMed Empower $89.70
AvMed Engage $89.70
AvMed Focus $89.70
AvMed JHSSelect $96.60
AvMed MDCSelect $96.60
Aetna ASA $103.50
BLIS COMM $120.75
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $155.25
Plotkin Health COMM $172.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $172.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $172.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $200.10
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $258.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $293.25
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,007.39 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $992.05 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,920.33 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $823.85 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $316.00 not published
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $253.48 $64.76 – $132.69
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $108.03 $71.24 – $87.58
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $134.62 $64.76 – $71.24

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