Echo stress at HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL
2801 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, MARGATE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466563
$7,288.00
Cash price 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.
$7,288.00
Gross charge 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.
$127.30 with CorVel Corporation vs $6,194.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $127.30 | ↓ -98% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $129.98 | ↓ -98% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $129.98 | ↓ -98% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $626.77 | ↓ -91% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $626.77 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $947.44 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $947.44 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $983.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,166.08 | ↓ -84% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $1,166.08 | ↓ -84% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | HIX | $1,238.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MCR | $1,384.72 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $1,530.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,530.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,530.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $1,552.34 | ↓ -79% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $1,676.24 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $1,727.26 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $1,749.12 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Empower | $1,894.88 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $1,894.88 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $1,894.88 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $1,894.88 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $1,894.88 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $1,967.76 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | JHSSelect | $2,040.64 | ↓ -72% |
| AvMed | MDCSelect | $2,040.64 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,186.40 | ↓ -70% |
| BLIS | COMM | $2,550.80 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $3,279.60 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $3,644.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $3,644.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $3,644.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $4,227.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $5,466.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $6,194.80 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo stress at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,364.04 | $542.08 – $952.35 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $3,232.56 | $542.08 – $1,218.77 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $5,551.89 | $570.61 – $1,266.75 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $3,751.43 | $570.61 – $1,041.93 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $2,978.95 | $61.53 – $3,349.85 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $2,978.95 | $55.05 – $1,970.50 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $2,561.65 | $98.28 – $3,152.80 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | BOCA RATON | $2,671.50 | $433.00 – $2,683.83 |