CT bone density axial 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

$4,502.00

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.

$4,502.00

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.

$182.03 with United vs $3,826.70 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 $182.03 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $231.16 ↓ -95%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $236.03 ↓ -95%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $236.03 ↓ -95%
Optimum MGMCR $387.17 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $387.17 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $585.26 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $720.32 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHP $769.00 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $855.38 ↓ -81%
AvMed HIX $890.00 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $958.93 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,035.46 ↓ -77%
Aetna HMO $1,061.00 ↓ -76%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,066.97 ↓ -76%
AvMed Flex $1,170.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $1,170.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1,170.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $1,170.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $1,170.52 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,188.53 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,215.54 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $1,260.56 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $1,260.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,350.60 ↓ -70%
Aetna PPO $1,462.00 ↓ -68%
BLIS COMM $1,575.70 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,025.90 ↓ -55%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00 ↓ -53%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,251.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,251.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,251.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00 ↓ -48%
Medica HealthCare MCR $2,611.16 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3,376.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,826.70 ↓ -15%

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CT bone density axial at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,289.60 $47.84 – $1,684.80
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $1,216.80 $47.84 – $1,684.80
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $1,216.80 $46.38 – $1,684.80
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $1,289.60 $46.38 – $1,684.80
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $1,216.80 $46.38 – $1,684.80
Homestead Hospital HOMESTEAD $1,216.80 $46.38 – $1,684.80
Mariners Hospital TAVERNIER $1,216.80 $46.38 – $1,684.80
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,216.80 $46.38 – $1,684.80

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