Diphenhydramine 12.5 mg/5 ml oral elixir 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

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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.

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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.

$0.07 with BCBS vs $2.34 with United — 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
BCBS MCRHMO $0.07 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $0.07 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $0.09 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $0.09 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $0.10 ↓ -90%
BCBS SBN $0.13 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $0.13 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $0.13 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $0.16 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $0.16 ↓ -84%
BCBS NWB $0.16 ↓ -84%
BCBS PHS $0.23 ↓ -77%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $0.23 ↓ -77%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $0.23 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $0.24 ↓ -76%
AvMed Flex $0.26 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $0.26 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $0.26 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $0.26 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $0.26 ↓ -74%
AvMed MDCSelect $0.28 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $0.28 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $0.30 ↓ -70%
BLIS COMM $0.35 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $0.45 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $0.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $0.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $0.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $0.58 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $0.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $0.85 ↓ -15%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.34 ↑ +134%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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