Lev 4 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

$1,457.00

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.

$1,457.00

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.

$233.12 with Freedom Health vs $4,112.00 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 $233.12 ↓ -84%
United PPO OptionsPPO $345.31 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASA $437.10 ↓ -70%
BLIS COMM $509.95 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $655.65 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $728.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $728.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $728.50 ↓ -50%
Molina HIX $800.00 ↓ -45%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,092.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,238.45 ↓ -15%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,261.00 ↓ -13%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,364.82 ↓ -6%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,393.55 ↓ -4%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $1,393.55 ↓ -4%
BCBS MBN $1,685.00 ↑ +16%
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,908.00 ↑ +31%
AvMed HIX $1,925.00 ↑ +32%
BCBS HMO $2,023.00 ↑ +39%
BCBS SBN $2,023.00 ↑ +39%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $2,062.00 ↑ +42%
Oscar HIX $2,112.00 ↑ +45%
BCBS PPO $2,427.00 ↑ +67%
BCBS NWB $2,427.00 ↑ +67%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $2,501.00 ↑ +72%
BCBS PHS $2,501.00 ↑ +72%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,505.00 ↑ +72%
Cigna HMO $3,143.00 ↑ +116%
Cigna PPO $3,143.00 ↑ +116%
AvMed FullyInsured $3,746.00 ↑ +157%
AvMed ASOEO $4,112.00 ↑ +182%

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Lev 4 hosp type b ed visit at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $3,509.67 $1,260.29 – $1,286.82
HCA FLORIDA CITRUS HOSPITAL Inverness $4,611.82 $1,172.71 – $1,197.40
HCA FLORIDA BAYONET POINT HOSPITAL HUDSON $5,833.29 $1,260.29 – $1,286.82
HCA FLORIDA OAK HILL HOSPITAL BROOKSVILLE $4,130.50 $1,260.29 – $1,286.82
HCA FLORIDA TRINITY HOSPITAL TRINITY $3,832.99 $1,260.29 – $1,286.82
HCA FLORIDA OCALA HOSPITAL SUMMERFIELD $4,955.33 $1,184.13 – $1,246.45
HCA FLORIDA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Davie $5,745.00 $1,393.55 – $1,393.55
UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL Orlando $1,219.13 $1,243.45 – $1,269.63

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