Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd 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

$15.00

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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.

$15.00

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.

$0.69 with Humana vs $12.75 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
Humana TRICR $0.69 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $1.03 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $1.09 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.27 ↓ -92%
Optimum MGMCR $1.29 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $1.29 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $1.50 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $1.88 ↓ -87%
BCBS SBN $1.88 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1.95 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $1.95 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $2.02 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $2.40 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $2.40 ↓ -84%
BCBS NWB $2.44 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $2.44 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $2.55 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $2.85 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $3.15 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $3.15 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $3.15 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $3.15 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3.19 ↓ -79%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $3.39 ↓ -77%
BCBS PHS $3.39 ↓ -77%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $3.45 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $3.56 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $3.60 ↓ -76%
AvMed Flex $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $3.90 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.96 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4.05 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $4.20 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $4.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4.50 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $5.10 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $5.25 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6.75 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $7.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $7.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $7.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $8.70 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $11.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $12.75 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $8.54 $0.98 – $2.94
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $8.40 $0.98 – $3.00
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD $15.00 $0.69 – $1.27
HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL HIALEAH $14.00 $0.69 – $1.27
HCA FLORIDA BAYONET POINT HOSPITAL HUDSON $602.59 $0.69 – $1.66
OVIEDO MEDICAL CENTER Oviedo $15.12 $0.69 – $1.27
HCA FLORIDA WOODMONT HOSPITAL TAMARAC $19.00 $0.69 – $1.27
UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL Orlando $11.00 $0.69 – $1.27

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