Consult comp w/report rfrd material 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

$536.00

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.

$536.00

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.

$46.10 with Freedom Health vs $455.60 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $46.10 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $46.10 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $69.68 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $69.68 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $72.36 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $85.76 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $85.76 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $91.12 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $101.84 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $112.56 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $112.56 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $114.17 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $123.28 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $127.03 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $128.64 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $139.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $139.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $139.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $139.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $139.36 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $141.50 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $144.72 ↓ -73%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $150.08 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $150.08 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $160.80 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $182.24 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $187.60 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $241.20 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $268.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $268.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $268.00 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $301.88 ↓ -44%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $308.24 ↓ -42%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $308.24 ↓ -42%
Medica HealthCare MCR $310.88 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $402.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $455.60 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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