Heparin assay 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

$298.00

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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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$298.00

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.

$12.96 with HUMANA vs $253.30 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 MGMCRHMO $12.96 ↓ -96%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $12.96 ↓ -96%
Humana TRICR $13.04 ↓ -96%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $13.09 ↓ -96%
Wellmed MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -96%
United GVT $13.09 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCR $13.09 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09 ↓ -96%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -96%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -96%
United MCR $13.35 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.35 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRHMO $13.35 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $13.48 ↓ -95%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $13.74 ↓ -95%
AvMed MCR $13.74 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCR $13.74 ↓ -95%
Oscar MCR $13.74 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan MCR $13.88 ↓ -95%
Align MCR $14.01 ↓ -95%
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.01 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $14.01 ↓ -95%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $14.40 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCD $14.40 ↓ -95%
Centurion GVT $14.40 ↓ -95%
Gold Kidney MCR $14.66 ↓ -95%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.71 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $15.71 ↓ -95%
Simply Healthcare HIX $16.62 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $18.46 ↓ -94%
Solis Health Plan MCR $18.98 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $19.63 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $25.63 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $25.63 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $38.74 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $38.74 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $47.68 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $56.62 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $62.58 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $62.58 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $63.47 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $68.54 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $70.63 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $71.52 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $77.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $77.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $77.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $77.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $77.48 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $78.67 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $80.46 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $83.44 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $83.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $89.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $101.32 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $104.30 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $134.10 ↓ -55%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $139.34 ↓ -53%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $142.27 ↓ -52%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $142.27 ↓ -52%
Plotkin Health COMM $149.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $149.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $149.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $172.84 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $223.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $253.30 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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