Echo guide for amniocentesis 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

$3,516.00

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.

$3,516.00

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.

$242.60 with Aetna vs $2,988.60 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
Aetna MCR $242.60 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $256.67 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $302.38 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $302.38 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $457.08 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $457.08 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $562.56 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $668.04 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $738.36 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $738.36 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $748.91 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $808.68 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $833.29 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $843.84 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $914.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $914.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $914.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $914.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $914.16 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $928.22 ↓ -74%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $941.54 ↓ -73%
Molina HIX $949.32 ↓ -73%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $961.37 ↓ -73%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $961.37 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $984.48 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $984.48 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,054.80 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $1,195.44 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $1,230.60 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,582.20 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,758.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,758.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,758.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $2,039.28 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,637.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,988.60 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Echo guide for amniocentesis at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,321.95 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $396.50 $14.21 – $152.00
martin north hospital Stuart $396.50 $12.72 – $229.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $297.70 $14.79 – $366.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,258.40 $68.65 – $1,664.10
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $1,258.40 $68.65 – $1,742.40
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $226.20 $104.75 – $348.00
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $1,258.40 $66.55 – $1,742.40

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