Cell marker study 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

$1,491.00

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.

$1,491.00

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.

$49.76 with United vs $1,267.35 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.

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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
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -97%
Freedom Health MGMCR $128.23 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $128.23 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $169.95 ↓ -89%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $173.52 ↓ -88%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $173.52 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $193.83 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $193.83 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $201.28 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $238.56 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $238.56 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $253.47 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $283.29 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $313.11 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $313.11 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $317.58 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $342.93 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $353.37 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $357.84 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $387.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $387.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $387.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $387.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $387.66 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $393.62 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $402.57 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $417.48 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $417.48 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $447.30 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $506.94 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $521.85 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $670.95 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $745.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $745.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $745.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $864.78 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,118.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,267.35 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $91.00 $49.76 – $157.84
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $332.79 $54.42 – $99.37
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $415.35 $11.52 – $175.00
martin north hospital Stuart $415.35 $12.13 – $221.05
indian river hospital Vero Beach $415.35 $11.52 – $511.20
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $664.95 $25.20 – $70.00
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $36.66 $49.76 – $160.23
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $37.74 $49.47 – $283.73

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