Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

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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.

$33.52 with HUMANA vs $113.17 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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 $33.52
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $33.52
Humana TRICR $33.71
Devoted Health MCR $33.86
United AllPayerAppendix $33.86
United GVT $33.86
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $33.86
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $33.86
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $33.86
Wellmed MGMCR $33.86
BCBS MCRPPO $34.54
United MCR $34.54
BCBS MCRHMO $34.54
Aetna MCR $34.88
AvMed MCR $35.55
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $35.55
Sunshine State MCR $35.55
Oscar MCR $35.55
American Health Plan MCR $35.89
Align MCR $36.23
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $36.23
Florida Complete Care MCR $36.23
Sunshine State MCD $37.25
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $37.25
Centurion GVT $37.25
Gold Kidney MCR $37.92
Longevity Health Plan MCR $40.63
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $40.63
Simply Healthcare HIX $43.00
Oscar HIX $47.74
Solis Health Plan MCR $49.10
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $50.79
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $110.84
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $113.17
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $113.17
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $93.32 $32.17 – $56.51
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $130.66 $33.86 – $75.17
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $93.32 $32.17 – $72.32
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $124.44 $33.86 – $75.17
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $86.86 $32.17 – $73.97
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $672.00 $27.09 – $102.94
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $249.89 $33.86 – $61.83
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