Echo transesophageal 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

$9,002.00

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.

$9,002.00

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.

$72.20 with CorVel Corporation vs $7,651.70 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 $72.20 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $73.72 ↓ -99%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $73.72 ↓ -99%
Optimum MGMCR $774.17 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $774.17 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,170.26 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $1,170.26 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,215.27 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $1,440.32 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,440.32 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $1,530.34 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $1,710.38 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $1,890.42 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $1,890.42 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $1,890.42 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $1,890.42 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,917.43 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $2,070.46 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,133.47 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $2,160.48 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $2,340.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $2,340.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $2,340.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2,340.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2,340.52 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,376.53 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2,430.54 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $2,520.56 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $2,520.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2,700.60 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $3,060.68 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $3,150.70 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4,050.90 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4,501.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $4,501.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4,501.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $5,221.16 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6,751.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7,651.70 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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