Amniotic fluid scan 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

$73.00

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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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$73.00

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.

$6.28 with Optimum vs $82.98 with Prime Health — 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 $6.28 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $6.28 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $9.26 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.26 ↓ -87%
Humana TRICR $9.31 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.35 ↓ -87%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.35 ↓ -87%
Wellmed MGMCR $9.35 ↓ -87%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $9.35 ↓ -87%
United GVT $9.35 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health MCR $9.35 ↓ -87%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $9.35 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $9.49 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $9.49 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.54 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.54 ↓ -87%
United MCR $9.54 ↓ -87%
Aetna MCR $9.63 ↓ -87%
Sunshine State MCR $9.82 ↓ -87%
Oscar MCR $9.82 ↓ -87%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.82 ↓ -87%
AvMed MCR $9.82 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan MCR $9.91 ↓ -86%
Florida Complete Care MCR $10.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $10.00 ↓ -86%
Align MCR $10.00 ↓ -86%
Sunshine State MCD $10.29 ↓ -86%
Centurion GVT $10.29 ↓ -86%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $10.29 ↓ -86%
Gold Kidney MCR $10.47 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $11.22 ↓ -85%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.22 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $11.68 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.87 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $13.18 ↓ -82%
Solis Health Plan MCR $13.56 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $13.87 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $14.02 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $15.33 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $15.33 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $15.55 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $16.79 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $17.30 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $17.52 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $18.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $18.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $18.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $18.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $18.98 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $19.27 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $19.71 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $20.44 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $20.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $21.90 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $24.82 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $25.55 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $32.85 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $36.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $36.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $36.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $42.34 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $54.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $62.05 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $81.27 ↑ +11%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↑ +14%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↑ +14%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Amniotic fluid scan at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $9.67 $9.35 – $35.68
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $9.67 $9.35 – $35.68
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $9.67 $9.35 – $35.68
HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL MIAMI $98.00 $9.26 – $82.30
HCA FLORIDA PUTNAM HOSPITAL Palatka $217.75 $8.48 – $73.23
HCA FLORIDA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Davie $114.00 $9.26 – $82.98
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $8.88 – $15.61
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $9.35 – $20.76

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