Lev 1 hosp type b ed visit 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

$586.00

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.

$586.00

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.

$93.76 with Freedom Health vs $3,143.00 with Cigna — 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
Freedom Health MGMCD $93.76 ↓ -84%
United PPO OptionsPPO $138.88 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASA $175.80 ↓ -70%
BLIS COMM $205.10 ↓ -65%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $223.77 ↓ -62%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $228.48 ↓ -61%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $228.48 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $263.70 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $293.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $293.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $293.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $439.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $498.10 ↓ -15%
Simply Healthcare HIX $576.00 ↓ -2%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $626.00 ↑ +7%
Oscar HIX $637.00 ↑ +9%
AvMed HIX $693.00 ↑ +18%
Molina HIX $800.00 ↑ +37%
United AllPayerAppendix $860.00 ↑ +47%
AvMed FullyInsured $988.00 ↑ +69%
AvMed ASOEO $1,088.00 ↑ +86%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,261.00 ↑ +115%
BCBS MBN $1,474.00 ↑ +152%
BCBS HMO $1,868.00 ↑ +219%
BCBS SBN $1,868.00 ↑ +219%
BCBS NWB $2,047.00 ↑ +249%
BCBS PPO $2,047.00 ↑ +249%
BCBS PHS $2,220.00 ↑ +279%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $2,220.00 ↑ +279%
Cigna HMO $3,143.00 ↑ +436%
Cigna PPO $3,143.00 ↑ +436%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA CITRUS HOSPITAL Inverness $988.42 $192.28 – $196.33
HCA FLORIDA BAYONET POINT HOSPITAL HUDSON $908.49 $206.63 – $210.98
HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL PANAMA CITY $1,333.65 $189.64 – $199.62
HCA FLORIDA POINCIANA HOSPITAL DAVENPORT $425.80 $203.88 – $214.61
HCA FLORIDA OAK HILL HOSPITAL BROOKSVILLE $1,042.80 $206.63 – $210.98
HCA FLORIDA TRINITY HOSPITAL TRINITY $928.70 $206.63 – $210.98
HCA FLORIDA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Davie $1,201.00 $228.48 – $228.48
HCA FLORIDA ORANGE PARK HOSPITAL MIDDLEBURG $1,219.34 $203.56 – $207.84

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