Lev 3 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

$992.00

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.

$992.00

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.

$158.72 with Freedom Health vs $3,510.00 with AvMed — 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 $158.72 ↓ -84%
United PPO OptionsPPO $235.10 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASA $297.60 ↓ -70%
BLIS COMM $347.20 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $446.40 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $496.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $496.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $496.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $744.00 ↓ -25%
Molina HIX $800.00 ↓ -19%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $843.20 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $968.99 ↓ -2%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $989.39 ↓ -0%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $989.39 ↓ -0%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,261.00 ↑ +27%
AvMed HIX $1,641.00 ↑ +65%
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,677.00 ↑ +69%
BCBS MBN $1,685.00 ↑ +70%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $1,750.00 ↑ +76%
Oscar HIX $1,856.00 ↑ +87%
BCBS HMO $2,023.00 ↑ +104%
BCBS SBN $2,023.00 ↑ +104%
BCBS NWB $2,427.00 ↑ +145%
BCBS PPO $2,427.00 ↑ +145%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $2,501.00 ↑ +152%
BCBS PHS $2,501.00 ↑ +152%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,505.00 ↑ +153%
Cigna HMO $3,143.00 ↑ +217%
Cigna PPO $3,143.00 ↑ +217%
AvMed FullyInsured $3,196.00 ↑ +222%
AvMed ASOEO $3,510.00 ↑ +254%

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Lev 3 hosp type b ed visit at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $2,695.00 $894.78 – $913.61
HCA FLORIDA CITRUS HOSPITAL Inverness $3,660.36 $832.59 – $850.12
HCA FLORIDA BAYONET POINT HOSPITAL HUDSON $4,121.26 $894.78 – $913.61
HCA FLORIDA OAK HILL HOSPITAL BROOKSVILLE $3,196.60 $894.78 – $913.61
HCA FLORIDA TRINITY HOSPITAL TRINITY $2,848.04 $894.78 – $913.61
HCA FLORIDA OCALA HOSPITAL SUMMERFIELD $3,389.29 $840.70 – $884.95
UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL Orlando $784.38 $882.83 – $901.41
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