Prednisone 1 mg tablet 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.

$0.01 with Humana vs $21.25 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 $0.01
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
Aetna MCR $1.73
BCBS MCRHMO $1.82
Optimum MGMCR $2.15
Freedom Health MGMCR $2.15
BCBS MBN $2.50
BCBS HMO $3.13
BCBS SBN $3.13
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $3.25
AvMed HIX $3.25
Simply Healthcare HIX $3.38
Oscar HIX $4.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $4.00
BCBS NWB $4.08
BCBS PPO $4.08
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $4.25
Molina MCR $4.75
AvMed FullyInsured $5.25
Cigna HMO $5.25
Cigna PPO $5.25
Humana HMO $5.25
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $5.33
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $5.65
BCBS PHS $5.65
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $5.75
United PPO OptionsPPO $5.92
AvMed ASOEO $6.00
AvMed Flex $6.50
AvMed Select $6.50
AvMed Empower $6.50
AvMed Engage $6.50
AvMed Focus $6.50
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6.60
Molina HIX $6.75
AvMed MDCSelect $7.00
AvMed JHSSelect $7.00
Aetna ASA $7.50
Humana PPO $8.50
BLIS COMM $8.75
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $11.25
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $12.50
Plotkin Health COMM $12.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $12.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $14.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $18.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $21.25
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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