Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath 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

$186.00

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.

$186.00

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.

$16.00 with Freedom Health vs $158.10 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 $16.00 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $16.00 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $17.10 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $17.10 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.27 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MCR $17.27 ↓ -91%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -91%
United GVT $17.27 ↓ -91%
Wellmed MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -91%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $17.27 ↓ -91%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.62 ↓ -91%
United MCR $17.62 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRHMO $17.62 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCR $17.79 ↓ -90%
Oscar MCR $18.13 ↓ -90%
Sunshine State MCR $18.13 ↓ -90%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $18.13 ↓ -90%
AvMed MCR $18.13 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan MCR $18.31 ↓ -90%
Florida Complete Care MCR $18.48 ↓ -90%
Align MCR $18.48 ↓ -90%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $18.48 ↓ -90%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $19.00 ↓ -90%
Sunshine State MCD $19.00 ↓ -90%
Centurion GVT $19.00 ↓ -90%
Gold Kidney MCR $19.34 ↓ -90%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.72 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $20.72 ↓ -89%
Simply Healthcare HIX $21.93 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $24.18 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $24.18 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $24.35 ↓ -87%
Solis Health Plan MCR $25.04 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $25.91 ↓ -86%
Freedom Health MGMCD $29.76 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $35.34 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $39.06 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $39.06 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $39.62 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $42.78 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $44.08 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $44.64 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $48.36 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $49.10 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $50.22 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $52.08 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $52.08 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $55.80 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $63.24 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $65.10 ↓ -65%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $81.27 ↓ -56%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↓ -55%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $83.70 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $93.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $93.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $93.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $107.88 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $139.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $158.10 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $339.82 $16.41 – $28.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $339.82 $17.27 – $38.34
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $339.82 $16.41 – $36.89
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $291.28 $16.41 – $37.73
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $128.02 $17.27 – $31.54
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $112.45 $6.62 – $147.05
martin north hospital Stuart $112.45 $6.97 – $129.75
indian river hospital Vero Beach $112.45 $6.62 – $138.40

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