Macroscopic exam parasite 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

$44.00

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.

$44.00

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.

$3.78 with Freedom Health vs $113.17 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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 MGMCR $3.78 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $3.78 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.27 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.27 ↓ -90%
Humana TRICR $4.29 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MCR $4.31 ↓ -90%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $4.31 ↓ -90%
United GVT $4.31 ↓ -90%
Wellmed MGMCR $4.31 ↓ -90%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.31 ↓ -90%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.31 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.31 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.40 ↓ -90%
United MCR $4.40 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.40 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCR $4.44 ↓ -90%
Oscar MCR $4.53 ↓ -90%
Sunshine State MCR $4.53 ↓ -90%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.53 ↓ -90%
AvMed MCR $4.53 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan MCR $4.57 ↓ -90%
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.61 ↓ -90%
Align MCR $4.61 ↓ -90%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $4.61 ↓ -90%
Centurion GVT $4.74 ↓ -89%
Sunshine State MCD $4.74 ↓ -89%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $4.74 ↓ -89%
Gold Kidney MCR $4.83 ↓ -89%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.17 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.17 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.47 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $5.72 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $5.72 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $6.08 ↓ -86%
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.25 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $6.46 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $7.04 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $8.36 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $9.24 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $9.24 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $9.37 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $10.12 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $10.43 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $10.56 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $11.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $11.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $11.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $11.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $11.44 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $11.62 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $11.88 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $12.32 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $12.32 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $13.20 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $14.96 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $15.40 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $19.80 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $22.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $22.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $22.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $25.52 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $33.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $37.40 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $110.84 ↑ +152%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $113.17 ↑ +157%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $113.17 ↑ +157%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Macroscopic exam parasite at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $58.60 $4.09 – $7.19
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $66.53 $4.31 – $9.57
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $28.94 $4.31 – $7.87
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $9.10 $3.50 – $11.90
martin north hospital Stuart $9.10 $4.10 – $10.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $9.10 $3.28 – $11.20
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $92.30 $4.31 – $19.59
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $7.63 $3.91 – $104.50

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