Colistimethate sodium inj 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

$535.00

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.

$535.00

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.

$11.58 with Humana vs $454.75 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 TRICR $11.58 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.93 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $36.91 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $39.05 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $46.01 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $46.01 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $53.50 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $66.88 ↓ -87%
BCBS SBN $66.88 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $69.55 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $85.60 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $87.20 ↓ -84%
BCBS NWB $87.20 ↓ -84%
BCBS PHS $120.91 ↓ -77%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $120.91 ↓ -77%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $123.05 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $126.80 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $139.10 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $139.10 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $139.10 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $139.10 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $139.10 ↓ -74%
AvMed JHSSelect $149.80 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $149.80 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $160.50 ↓ -70%
BLIS COMM $187.25 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $240.75 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $267.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $267.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $267.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $310.30 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $401.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $454.75 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $248.00 $11.94 – $19.93
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $779.00 $11.58 – $25.97
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Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $105.20 $18.24 – $40.25
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Jacksonville $116.39 $14.57 – $26.63
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