Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) 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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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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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.

$5.07 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 $5.07
Freedom Health MGMCR $5.07
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $7.67
AvMed HIX $7.67
Freedom Health MGMCD $9.44
Molina MCR $11.21
Humana HMO $12.39
AvMed FullyInsured $12.39
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $12.57
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $13.57
United PPO OptionsPPO $13.98
AvMed ASOEO $14.16
AvMed Empower $15.34
AvMed Flex $15.34
AvMed Engage $15.34
AvMed Focus $15.34
AvMed Select $15.34
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $15.58
Molina HIX $15.93
AvMed MDCSelect $16.52
AvMed JHSSelect $16.52
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $17.10
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $17.10
Humana TRICR $17.20
Devoted Health MCR $17.27
United AllPayerAppendix $17.27
United GVT $17.27
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $17.27
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $17.27
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $17.27
Wellmed MGMCR $17.27
BCBS MCRPPO $17.62
United MCR $17.62
BCBS MCRHMO $17.62
Aetna ASA $17.70
Aetna MCR $17.79
Sunshine State MCR $18.13
AvMed MCR $18.13
Oscar MCR $18.13
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $18.13
American Health Plan MCR $18.31
Florida Complete Care MCR $18.48
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $18.48
Align MCR $18.48
Centurion GVT $19.00
Sunshine State MCD $19.00
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $19.00
Gold Kidney MCR $19.34
Humana PPO $20.06
BLIS COMM $20.65
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $20.72
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.72
Simply Healthcare HIX $21.93
Oscar HIX $24.35
Solis Health Plan MCR $25.04
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $25.91
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $26.55
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $29.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $29.50
Plotkin Health COMM $29.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $34.22
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $44.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $50.15
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $81.27
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.98
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.98
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $49.99 $16.41 – $28.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $79.97 $17.27 – $38.34
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $49.99 $16.41 – $36.89
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $145.87 $17.27 – $38.34
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $42.85 $16.41 – $37.73
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $128.02 $17.27 – $31.54
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $108.55 $5.78 – $36.55
martin north hospital Stuart $108.55 $6.08 – $32.25

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