Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$2,338.00

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.

$2,338.00

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.

$33.84 with United vs $1,987.30 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 $33.84 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $192.11 ↓ -92%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $196.15 ↓ -92%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $196.15 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $201.07 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $201.07 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $303.94 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $303.94 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $315.63 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $374.08 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $374.08 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $397.46 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $444.22 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $490.98 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $490.98 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $497.99 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $537.74 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $554.11 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $561.12 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $607.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $607.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $607.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $607.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $607.88 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $617.23 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $631.26 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $654.64 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $654.64 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $701.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $794.92 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $818.30 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,052.10 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,169.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,169.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,169.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,356.04 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,753.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,987.30 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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