Intracranial limited study 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

$2,687.00

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.

$2,687.00

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.

$118.75 with CorVel Corporation vs $2,283.95 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 $118.75 ↓ -96%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $121.25 ↓ -95%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $121.25 ↓ -95%
Optimum MGMCR $231.08 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $231.08 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $349.31 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $349.31 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $362.75 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $429.92 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $429.92 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $456.79 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $510.53 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $564.27 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $564.27 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $564.27 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $564.27 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $572.33 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $618.01 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $636.82 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $644.88 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $698.62 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $698.62 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $698.62 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $698.62 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $698.62 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $709.37 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $725.49 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $752.36 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $752.36 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $806.10 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $913.58 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $940.45 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,209.15 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,343.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,343.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,343.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,558.46 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,015.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,283.95 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Intracranial limited study at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,344.82 $109.17 – $242.37
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,025.00 $111.15 – $113.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $492.14 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $705.25 $26.43 – $649.40
martin north hospital Stuart $496.60 $69.84 – $382.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $496.60 $66.35 – $611.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $775.45 $69.11 – $1,073.70
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $775.45 $69.11 – $1,073.70

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