Assay of urine sulfate 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.

$5.44 with HUMANA vs $82.98 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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 MGMCRHMO $5.44
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.44
Humana TRICR $5.46
Devoted Health MCR $5.49
United AllPayerAppendix $5.49
United GVT $5.49
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $5.49
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.49
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.49
Wellmed MGMCR $5.49
BCBS MCRPPO $5.60
United MCR $5.60
BCBS MCRHMO $5.60
Aetna MCR $5.65
AvMed MCR $5.76
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.76
Sunshine State MCR $5.76
Oscar MCR $5.76
American Health Plan MCR $5.82
Align MCR $5.87
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $5.87
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.87
Sunshine State MCD $6.04
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $6.04
Centurion GVT $6.04
Gold Kidney MCR $6.15
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.59
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $6.59
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.97
Oscar HIX $7.74
Solis Health Plan MCR $7.96
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $8.23
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $81.27
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.98
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.98
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Assay of urine sulfate at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $23.22 $5.22 – $9.16
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $163.37 $5.22 – $11.73
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $111.46 $5.22 – $11.99
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $36.73 $5.49 – $10.02
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $21.45 $1.43 – $12.75
martin north hospital Stuart $21.45 $1.50 – $11.25
indian river hospital Vero Beach $9.75 $1.43 – $12.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $39.00 $5.49 – $17.63

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