Limited autopsy at HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL
2801 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, MARGATE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466563
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$0.07 with Aetna vs $105.38 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | MCR | $0.07 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $0.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $0.09 | ↓ -91% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $0.09 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $0.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $0.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $0.14 | ↓ -86% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $0.16 | ↓ -84% |
| Oscar | HIX | $0.16 | ↓ -84% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | HIX | $0.17 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MCR | $0.19 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $0.21 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $0.21 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $0.21 | ↓ -79% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $0.23 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $0.24 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $0.24 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Flex | $0.26 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $0.26 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $0.26 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $0.26 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $0.26 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $0.26 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $0.27 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | JHSSelect | $0.28 | ↓ -72% |
| AvMed | MDCSelect | $0.28 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $0.30 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $0.34 | ↓ -66% |
| BLIS | COMM | $0.35 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $0.45 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $0.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $0.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $0.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $0.58 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $0.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $0.85 | ↓ -15% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $105.38 | ↑ +10438% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Limited autopsy at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | not published | $105.38 – $105.38 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | not published | $92.91 – $117.36 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | not published | $97.80 – $117.36 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | not published | $92.91 – $117.36 |
| HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL | TAMPA | not published | $105.38 – $105.38 |
| HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL | PALM BEACH GARDENS | not published | $105.38 – $105.38 |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) | Jacksonville | not published | $103.58 – $238.68 |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) | Pensacola | not published | $8.08 – $103.58 |