Prealbumin 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

$175.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$175.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$14.44 with HUMANA vs $148.75 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.44 ↓ -92%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.44 ↓ -92%
Humana TRICR $14.53 ↓ -92%
United GVT $14.59 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.59 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MCR $14.59 ↓ -92%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $14.59 ↓ -92%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $14.59 ↓ -92%
Wellmed MGMCR $14.59 ↓ -92%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $14.59 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRHMO $14.88 ↓ -91%
United MCR $14.88 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.88 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCR $15.03 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $15.05 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $15.05 ↓ -91%
AvMed MCR $15.32 ↓ -91%
Sunshine State MCR $15.32 ↓ -91%
Oscar MCR $15.32 ↓ -91%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.32 ↓ -91%
American Health Plan MCR $15.47 ↓ -91%
Align MCR $15.61 ↓ -91%
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.61 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $15.61 ↓ -91%
Sunshine State MCD $16.05 ↓ -91%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $16.05 ↓ -91%
Centurion GVT $16.05 ↓ -91%
Gold Kidney MCR $16.34 ↓ -91%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.51 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $17.51 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare HIX $18.53 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $20.57 ↓ -88%
Solis Health Plan MCR $21.16 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $21.88 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $22.75 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $22.75 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $28.00 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $33.25 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $36.75 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $36.75 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $37.27 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $40.25 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $41.48 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $42.00 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $45.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $45.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $45.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $45.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $45.50 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $46.20 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $47.25 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $49.00 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $49.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $52.50 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $59.50 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $61.25 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $78.75 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $87.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $87.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $87.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $101.50 ↓ -42%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $111.89 ↓ -36%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $114.25 ↓ -35%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $114.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $131.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $148.75 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Prealbumin at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $93.36 $13.86 – $24.35
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $108.72 $14.59 – $32.39
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $93.36 $13.86 – $31.16
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $279.90 $14.59 – $32.39
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $80.02 $13.86 – $31.87
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $226.00 $11.67 – $103.92
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $108.32 $14.59 – $26.64
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $94.25 $5.78 – $145.00

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →