Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution 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

$34.20

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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.

$34.20

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.

$0.01 with Humana vs $29.07 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 TRICR $0.01 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $2.36 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $2.50 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $2.94 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $2.94 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $3.42 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $4.28 ↓ -87%
BCBS SBN $4.28 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $4.45 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $5.47 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $5.57 ↓ -84%
BCBS NWB $5.57 ↓ -84%
BCBS PHS $7.73 ↓ -77%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $7.73 ↓ -77%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $7.87 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $8.11 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $8.89 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $8.89 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $8.89 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $8.89 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $8.89 ↓ -74%
AvMed JHSSelect $9.58 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $9.58 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $10.26 ↓ -70%
BLIS COMM $11.97 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $15.39 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $17.10 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $17.10 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $17.10 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $19.84 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $25.65 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $29.07 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $376.75 not published
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $67.60 $17.99 – $93.60
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $67.60 $29.33 – $104.00
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $67.60 $18.20 – $93.60
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $67.60 $18.10 – $93.60
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $67.60 $17.37 – $93.60
Homestead Hospital HOMESTEAD $67.60 $17.68 – $93.60
Mariners Hospital TAVERNIER $67.60 $17.99 – $93.60

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