L/s ratio fetal lung 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

$1,370.00

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.

$1,370.00

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.

$21.77 with HUMANA vs $1,164.50 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 MGMCRPPO $21.77 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $21.77 ↓ -98%
Humana TRICR $21.89 ↓ -98%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -98%
Wellmed MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -98%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $21.99 ↓ -98%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $21.99 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.99 ↓ -98%
United GVT $21.99 ↓ -98%
United MCR $22.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $22.43 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $22.65 ↓ -98%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $23.09 ↓ -98%
AvMed MCR $23.09 ↓ -98%
Oscar MCR $23.09 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCR $23.09 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MCR $23.31 ↓ -98%
Align MCR $23.53 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $23.53 ↓ -98%
Florida Complete Care MCR $23.53 ↓ -98%
Centurion GVT $24.19 ↓ -98%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $24.19 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCD $24.19 ↓ -98%
Gold Kidney MCR $24.63 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $26.39 ↓ -98%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $26.39 ↓ -98%
Simply Healthcare HIX $27.93 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $31.01 ↓ -98%
Solis Health Plan MCR $31.89 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $32.98 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $81.27 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↓ -94%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↓ -94%
Optimum MGMCR $117.82 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $117.82 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $178.10 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $178.10 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $219.20 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $260.30 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $287.70 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $287.70 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $291.81 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $315.10 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $324.69 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $328.80 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $356.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $356.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $356.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $356.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $356.20 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $361.68 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $369.90 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $383.60 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $383.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $411.00 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $465.80 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $479.50 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $616.50 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $685.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $685.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $685.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $794.60 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,027.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,164.50 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $11.55 $19.93 – $76.63
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