Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback 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

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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.

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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.

$0.20 with Humana vs $22.95 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 TRICR $0.20
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
Aetna MCR $1.86
BCBS MCRHMO $1.97
Freedom Health MGMCR $2.32
Optimum MGMCR $2.32
BCBS MBN $2.70
BCBS HMO $3.38
BCBS SBN $3.38
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $3.51
Freedom Health MGMCD $4.32
BCBS PPO $4.40
BCBS NWB $4.40
BCBS PHS $6.10
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $6.10
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $6.21
United PPO OptionsPPO $6.40
AvMed Engage $7.02
AvMed Focus $7.02
AvMed Select $7.02
AvMed Empower $7.02
AvMed Flex $7.02
AvMed JHSSelect $7.56
AvMed MDCSelect $7.56
Aetna ASA $8.10
BLIS COMM $9.45
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $12.15
Plotkin Health COMM $13.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $13.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $13.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $15.66
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $20.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $22.95
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $287.92 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $327.61 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $492.87 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $368.42 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $486.16 not published
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $16.24 $0.15 – $0.26
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $18.68 $0.15 – $0.35
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $18.68 $0.15 – $0.35

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