Consultation pathology during surgery 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

$178.00

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.

$178.00

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.

$15.31 with Optimum vs $308.24 with Prime Health — 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
Optimum MGMCR $15.31 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $15.31 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $23.14 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $23.14 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $24.03 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $28.48 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $28.48 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $30.26 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $33.82 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $37.38 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $37.38 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $37.91 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $40.94 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $42.19 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $42.72 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $46.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $46.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $46.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $46.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $46.28 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $46.99 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $48.06 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $49.84 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $49.84 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $53.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $60.52 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $62.30 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $80.10 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $89.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $89.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $89.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $103.24 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $133.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $151.30 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $301.88 ↑ +70%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $308.24 ↑ +73%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $308.24 ↑ +73%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Consultation pathology during surgery at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $244.00 $58.52 – $102.82
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $124.75 $58.52 – $131.58
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $331.57 $61.60 – $136.76
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $73.17 $58.52 – $134.57
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $305.00 $33.84 – $280.39
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $249.89 $61.60 – $112.49
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