Artery x-rays spine at HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL
2801 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, MARGATE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466563
$17,691.00
Cash price 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.
$17,691.00
Gross charge 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Optimum | MGMCR | $1,521.43 | ↓ -91% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1,521.43 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $2,299.83 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | HIX | $2,299.83 | ↓ -87% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,453.09 | ↓ -86% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,504.73 | ↓ -86% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,504.73 | ↓ -86% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $2,830.56 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $3,361.29 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $3,715.11 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $3,715.11 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $3,768.18 | ↓ -79% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $4,068.93 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $4,192.77 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $4,245.84 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Focus | $4,599.66 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $4,599.66 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $4,599.66 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $4,599.66 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $4,599.66 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $4,670.42 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $4,776.57 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | JHSSelect | $4,953.48 | ↓ -72% |
| AvMed | MDCSelect | $4,953.48 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $5,307.30 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $6,014.94 | ↓ -66% |
| BLIS | COMM | $6,191.85 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $7,960.95 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $8,845.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $8,845.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $8,845.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $10,260.78 | ↓ -42% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $10,733.33 | ↓ -39% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $13,268.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $15,037.35 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $11,524.16 | $5,520.33 – $9,698.35 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $6,440.61 | $5,520.33 – $12,411.45 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $20,013.00 | $2,231.43 – $10,733.33 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $21,237.15 | $5,810.88 – $10,610.66 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $30,872.40 | $89.93 – $39,630.40 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $30,305.60 | $80.46 – $23,312.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $30,305.60 | $93.13 – $37,299.20 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $8,130.20 | $173.17 – $11,257.20 |