EKG (Tracing Only) at HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL

2801 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, MARGATE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466563

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$15.20 with CorVel Corporation vs $1,430.55 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 $15.20 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $15.52 —
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $15.52 —
Freedom Health MGMCR $144.74 —
Optimum MGMCR $144.74 —
AvMed HIX $201.96 —
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $218.79 —
Simply Healthcare HIX $227.21 —
Freedom Health MGMCD $269.28 —
Oscar HIX $269.28 —
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $286.11 —
Molina MCR $319.77 —
Cigna HMO $353.43 —
Cigna PPO $353.43 —
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $358.48 —
AvMed FullyInsured $370.26 —
United PPO OptionsPPO $387.09 —
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $387.09 —
AvMed ASOEO $420.75 —
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $444.31 —
AvMed JHSSelect $454.41 —
Molina HIX $454.41 —
AvMed Select $454.41 —
AvMed MDCSelect $454.41 —
AvMed Focus $454.41 —
AvMed Flex $454.41 —
AvMed Engage $454.41 —
AvMed Empower $454.41 —
Aetna ASA $504.90 —
BLIS COMM $589.05 —
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $757.35 —
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $841.50 —
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $841.50 —
Plotkin Health COMM $841.50 —
Medica HealthCare MCR $976.14 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,262.25 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,430.55 —

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EKG (Tracing Only) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $610.02 $58.52 – $102.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $437.29 $61.60 – $136.76
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $732.73 $58.52 – $131.58
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $747.05 $61.60 – $136.76
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $307.46 $58.52 – $134.57
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $846.41 $61.60 – $112.49
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $278.20 $4.85 – $363.80
martin north hospital Stuart $278.20 $4.85 – $295.00

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