Aluminum - quest 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

$477.00

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.

$477.00

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.

$8.45 with CorVel Corporation vs $405.45 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.45 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.62 ↓ -98%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $8.62 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $25.23 ↓ -95%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $25.23 ↓ -95%
Humana TRICR $25.37 ↓ -95%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $25.48 ↓ -95%
Wellmed MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -95%
United GVT $25.48 ↓ -95%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -95%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $25.48 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $25.99 ↓ -95%
United MCR $25.99 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $25.99 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $26.24 ↓ -94%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $26.75 ↓ -94%
AvMed MCR $26.75 ↓ -94%
Oscar MCR $26.75 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCR $26.75 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MCR $27.01 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $27.26 ↓ -94%
Florida Complete Care MCR $27.26 ↓ -94%
Align MCR $27.26 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCD $28.03 ↓ -94%
Centurion GVT $28.03 ↓ -94%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $28.03 ↓ -94%
Gold Kidney MCR $28.54 ↓ -94%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $30.58 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $30.58 ↓ -94%
Simply Healthcare HIX $32.36 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $35.93 ↓ -92%
Solis Health Plan MCR $36.95 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $38.22 ↓ -92%
Optimum MGMCR $41.02 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $41.02 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $62.01 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $62.01 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $76.32 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $90.63 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $100.17 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $100.17 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $101.60 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $109.71 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $113.05 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $114.48 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $124.02 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $124.02 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $124.02 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $124.02 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $124.02 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $125.93 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $128.79 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $133.56 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $133.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $143.10 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $162.18 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $166.95 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $214.65 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $238.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $238.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $238.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $276.66 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $357.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $405.45 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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