Artery x-rays lung 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.

$1,521.43 with Optimum vs $15,037.35 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 $1,521.43
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,521.43
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2,299.83
AvMed HIX $2,299.83
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,453.09
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,504.73
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,504.73
Freedom Health MGMCD $2,830.56
Molina MCR $3,361.29
AvMed FullyInsured $3,715.11
Humana HMO $3,715.11
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3,768.18
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $4,068.93
United PPO OptionsPPO $4,192.77
AvMed ASOEO $4,245.84
AvMed Focus $4,599.66
AvMed Select $4,599.66
AvMed Empower $4,599.66
AvMed Engage $4,599.66
AvMed Flex $4,599.66
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,670.42
Molina HIX $4,776.57
AvMed JHSSelect $4,953.48
AvMed MDCSelect $4,953.48
Aetna ASA $5,307.30
Humana PPO $6,014.94
BLIS COMM $6,191.85
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7,960.95
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $8,845.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $8,845.50
Plotkin Health COMM $8,845.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $10,260.78
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $13,268.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $15,037.35
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays lung at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $9,926.25 $3,132.43 – $7,042.68
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,333.83 $3,297.29 – $7,319.99
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,447.93 $3,132.43 – $7,202.93
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $12,757.85 $3,297.29 – $6,020.85
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $17,986.80 $54.26 – $23,075.80
martin north hospital Stuart $17,646.20 $48.55 – $13,574.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $17,646.20 $48.23 – $21,718.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $7,729.15 $173.17 – $10,701.90

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