Assay of sialic acid 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

$188.00

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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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$188.00

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.

$13.31 with HUMANA vs $159.80 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
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.31 ↓ -93%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.31 ↓ -93%
Humana TRICR $13.38 ↓ -93%
United GVT $13.44 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.44 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MCR $13.44 ↓ -93%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.44 ↓ -93%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $13.44 ↓ -93%
Wellmed MGMCR $13.44 ↓ -93%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $13.44 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $13.71 ↓ -93%
United MCR $13.71 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.71 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $13.84 ↓ -93%
Sunshine State MCR $14.11 ↓ -92%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $14.11 ↓ -92%
Oscar MCR $14.11 ↓ -92%
AvMed MCR $14.11 ↓ -92%
American Health Plan MCR $14.25 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $14.38 ↓ -92%
Align MCR $14.38 ↓ -92%
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.38 ↓ -92%
Sunshine State MCD $14.78 ↓ -92%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $14.78 ↓ -92%
Centurion GVT $14.78 ↓ -92%
Gold Kidney MCR $15.05 ↓ -92%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $16.13 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $16.13 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $16.17 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $16.17 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare HIX $17.07 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $18.95 ↓ -90%
Solis Health Plan MCR $19.49 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $20.16 ↓ -89%
AvMed HIX $24.44 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $24.44 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $30.08 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $35.72 ↓ -81%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $39.05 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $39.48 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $39.48 ↓ -79%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $39.88 ↓ -79%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $39.88 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $40.04 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $43.24 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $44.56 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $45.12 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $48.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $48.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $48.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $48.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $48.88 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $49.63 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $50.76 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $52.64 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $52.64 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $56.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $63.92 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $65.80 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $84.60 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $94.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $94.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $94.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $109.04 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $141.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $159.80 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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