Platelet automated 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

$1,158.00

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.

$1,158.00

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.

$4.44 with HUMANA vs $984.30 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.

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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 MGMCRPPO $4.44 ↓ -100%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.44 ↓ -100%
Humana TRICR $4.46 ↓ -100%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -100%
Wellmed MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -100%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.48 ↓ -100%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MCR $4.48 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.48 ↓ -100%
United GVT $4.48 ↓ -100%
United MCR $4.57 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.57 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.57 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $4.61 ↓ -100%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.70 ↓ -100%
AvMed MCR $4.70 ↓ -100%
Oscar MCR $4.70 ↓ -100%
Sunshine State MCR $4.70 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MCR $4.75 ↓ -100%
Align MCR $4.79 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $4.79 ↓ -100%
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.79 ↓ -100%
Centurion GVT $4.93 ↓ -100%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $4.93 ↓ -100%
Sunshine State MCD $4.93 ↓ -100%
Gold Kidney MCR $5.02 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.38 ↓ -100%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.38 ↓ -100%
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.69 ↓ -100%
Oscar HIX $6.32 ↓ -99%
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.50 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $6.72 ↓ -99%
Optimum MGMCR $99.59 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $99.59 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $139.34 ↓ -88%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $142.27 ↓ -88%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $142.27 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $150.54 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $150.54 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $185.28 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $220.02 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $243.18 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $243.18 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $246.65 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $266.34 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $274.45 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $277.92 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $301.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $301.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $301.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $301.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $301.08 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $305.71 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $312.66 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $324.24 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $324.24 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $347.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $393.72 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $405.30 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $521.10 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $579.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $579.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $579.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $671.64 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $868.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $984.30 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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