Drug test def 1-7 classes 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

$186.00

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.

$186.00

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.

$16.00 with Optimum vs $171.65 with AmeriHealth Caritas — 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 $16.00 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $16.00 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $24.18 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $24.18 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $29.76 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $35.34 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $39.06 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $39.06 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $39.62 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $42.78 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $44.08 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $44.64 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $48.36 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $49.10 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $50.22 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $52.08 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $52.08 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $55.80 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $63.24 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $65.10 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $83.70 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $93.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $93.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $93.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $107.88 ↓ -42%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $113.29 ↓ -39%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $113.29 ↓ -39%
Humana TRICR $113.93 ↓ -39%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $114.43 ↓ -38%
Wellmed MGMCR $114.43 ↓ -38%
United GVT $114.43 ↓ -38%
United AllPayerAppendix $114.43 ↓ -38%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $114.43 ↓ -38%
Devoted Health MCR $114.43 ↓ -38%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $114.43 ↓ -38%
BCBS MCRPPO $116.72 ↓ -37%
United MCR $116.72 ↓ -37%
BCBS MCRHMO $116.72 ↓ -37%
Aetna MCR $117.86 ↓ -37%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $120.15 ↓ -35%
Sunshine State MCR $120.15 ↓ -35%
AvMed MCR $120.15 ↓ -35%
Oscar MCR $120.15 ↓ -35%
American Health Plan MCR $121.30 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $122.44 ↓ -34%
Align MCR $122.44 ↓ -34%
Florida Complete Care MCR $122.44 ↓ -34%
Sunshine State MCD $125.87 ↓ -32%
Centurion GVT $125.87 ↓ -32%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $125.87 ↓ -32%
Gold Kidney MCR $128.16 ↓ -31%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $137.32 ↓ -26%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $137.32 ↓ -26%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $139.50 ↓ -25%
Simply Healthcare HIX $145.33 ↓ -22%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $158.10 ↓ -15%
Oscar HIX $161.35 ↓ -13%
Solis Health Plan MCR $165.92 ↓ -11%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $171.65 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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