Myelography thoracic spine at HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL
2801 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, MARGATE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466563
$9,778.00
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.
$9,778.00
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.
$840.91 with Freedom Health vs $8,311.30 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.
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 |
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| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $840.91 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $840.91 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $1,271.14 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $1,271.14 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $1,564.48 | ↓ -84% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $1,857.82 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $2,053.38 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,053.38 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $2,082.71 | ↓ -79% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $2,248.94 | ↓ -77% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,294.23 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $2,317.39 | ↓ -76% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,342.53 | ↓ -76% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,342.53 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2,346.72 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Focus | $2,542.28 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $2,542.28 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $2,542.28 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $2,542.28 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $2,542.28 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $2,581.39 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $2,640.06 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | JHSSelect | $2,737.84 | ↓ -72% |
| AvMed | MDCSelect | $2,737.84 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,933.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $3,324.52 | ↓ -66% |
| BLIS | COMM | $3,422.30 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $4,400.10 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $4,889.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $4,889.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $4,889.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $5,671.24 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $7,333.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $8,311.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $3,261.15 | $797.83 – $1,817.36 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $4,665.70 | $37.50 – $5,791.90 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $4,429.10 | $33.55 – $3,407.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $4,429.10 | $36.44 – $5,451.20 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $1,922.70 | $173.17 – $2,662.20 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $1,922.70 | $353.09 – $2,662.20 |
| Doctors Hospital | CORAL GABLES | $1,922.70 | $342.29 – $2,662.20 |
| Baptist Health Hospital Doral | SOUTH MIAMI | $1,922.70 | $342.29 – $2,662.20 |