Diffusing capacity 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

$740.00

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.

$740.00

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.

$50.35 with CorVel Corporation vs $629.00 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.35 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $51.06 ↓ -93%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $51.41 ↓ -93%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $51.41 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $54.02 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $63.64 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $63.64 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $74.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS SBN $92.50 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $92.50 ↓ -88%
AvMed HIX $96.20 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $96.20 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $99.90 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHP $102.86 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $118.40 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $118.40 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $120.62 ↓ -84%
BCBS NWB $120.62 ↓ -84%
Aetna HMO $125.06 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $125.80 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $140.60 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $144.30 ↓ -81%
Cigna HMO $155.40 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $155.40 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $155.40 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $155.40 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $157.62 ↓ -79%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $167.24 ↓ -77%
BCBS PHS $167.24 ↓ -77%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $170.20 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $175.38 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $177.60 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $192.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $192.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $192.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $192.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $192.40 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $195.36 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $199.80 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $207.20 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $207.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $222.00 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $251.60 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $259.00 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $333.00 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $370.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $370.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $370.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $429.20 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $555.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $629.00 ↓ -15%

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Diffusing capacity at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $361.39 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $331.76 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $646.29 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $547.14 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $683.00 $47.50 – $48.50
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $731.24 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $540.80 $6.96 – $642.60
martin north hospital Stuart $540.80 $6.23 – $855.00

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