Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$721.00

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.

$721.00

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.

$4.71 with HUMANA vs $612.85 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 $4.71 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.71 ↓ -99%
Humana TRICR $4.74 ↓ -99%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.76 ↓ -99%
United GVT $4.76 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.86 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.86 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.90 ↓ -99%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.00 ↓ -99%
AvMed MCR $5.00 ↓ -99%
Oscar MCR $5.00 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $5.00 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
Align MCR $5.09 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $5.09 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.09 ↓ -99%
Centurion GVT $5.24 ↓ -99%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $5.24 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCD $5.24 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney MCR $5.33 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.71 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.71 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.05 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $6.71 ↓ -99%
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.90 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $7.14 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $49.61 ↓ -93%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $50.65 ↓ -93%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $50.65 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $62.01 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $62.01 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $93.73 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $93.73 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $115.36 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $136.99 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $151.41 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $151.41 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $153.57 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $165.83 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $170.88 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $173.04 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $187.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $187.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $187.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $187.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $187.46 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $190.34 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $194.67 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $201.88 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $201.88 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $216.30 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $245.14 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $252.35 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $324.45 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $360.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $360.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $360.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $418.18 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $540.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $612.85 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $110.26 $4.52 – $7.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $307.01 $4.76 – $10.57
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