Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL
2801 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, MARGATE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466563
$6,863.00
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.
$6,863.00
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.
$590.22 with Freedom Health vs $5,833.55 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 | $590.22 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $590.22 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | QHP | $769.00 | ↓ -89% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -88% |
| AvMed | HIX | $890.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $892.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,061.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $1,098.08 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $1,303.97 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $1,461.82 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,462.00 | ↓ -79% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $1,578.49 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $1,626.53 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Focus | $1,784.38 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $1,784.38 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $1,784.38 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $1,784.38 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $1,784.38 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $1,811.83 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $1,853.01 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | JHSSelect | $1,921.64 | ↓ -72% |
| AvMed | MDCSelect | $1,921.64 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,058.90 | ↓ -70% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $2,119.00 | ↓ -69% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2,329.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BLIS | COMM | $2,402.05 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $3,088.35 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $3,431.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $3,431.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $3,431.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $3,980.54 | ↓ -42% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $4,094.46 | ↓ -40% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $4,180.66 | ↓ -39% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $4,180.66 | ↓ -39% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $5,147.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $5,833.55 | ↓ -15% |
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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $5,959.59 | $346.11 – $608.05 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $12,842.33 | $337.22 – $958.38 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $5,765.54 | $346.11 – $1,140.93 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $10,179.59 | $332.53 – $808.79 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $3,001.71 | $346.11 – $795.86 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $8,262.33 | $347.52 – $665.25 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $2,319.20 | $50.71 – $2,618.00 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $2,002.00 | $45.37 – $1,540.00 |