Assay of corticosterone 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

$507.00

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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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$507.00

Gross charge

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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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$22.29 with HUMANA vs $430.95 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

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

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
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $22.29 ↓ -96%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $22.29 ↓ -96%
Humana TRICR $22.42 ↓ -96%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $22.52 ↓ -96%
Wellmed MGMCR $22.52 ↓ -96%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $22.52 ↓ -96%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $22.52 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCR $22.52 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.52 ↓ -96%
United GVT $22.52 ↓ -96%
United MCR $22.97 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.97 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $22.97 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $23.20 ↓ -95%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $23.65 ↓ -95%
AvMed MCR $23.65 ↓ -95%
Oscar MCR $23.65 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCR $23.65 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan MCR $23.87 ↓ -95%
Align MCR $24.10 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $24.10 ↓ -95%
Florida Complete Care MCR $24.10 ↓ -95%
Centurion GVT $24.77 ↓ -95%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $24.77 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCD $24.77 ↓ -95%
Gold Kidney MCR $25.22 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $27.02 ↓ -95%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $27.02 ↓ -95%
Simply Healthcare HIX $28.60 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $31.75 ↓ -94%
Solis Health Plan MCR $32.65 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $33.78 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $43.60 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $43.60 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $65.91 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $65.91 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $81.12 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $81.27 ↓ -84%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↓ -84%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $96.33 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $106.47 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $106.47 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $107.99 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $116.61 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $120.16 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $121.68 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $131.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $131.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $131.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $131.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $131.82 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $133.85 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $136.89 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $141.96 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $141.96 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $152.10 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $172.38 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $177.45 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $228.15 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $253.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $253.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $253.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $294.06 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $380.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $430.95 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Assay of corticosterone at other Florida hospitals

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cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $106.60 $6.33 – $139.40
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HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $78.48 $20.41 – $76.63
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HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL Sebring $45.45 $22.52 – $69.27
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL PARRISH $49.50 $20.41 – $76.63
HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART $45.00 $22.42 – $78.66

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