Specific gravity body fluid 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

$51.00

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.

$51.00

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.

$3.25 with HUMANA vs $82.98 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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 $3.25 ↓ -94%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $3.25 ↓ -94%
Humana TRICR $3.27 ↓ -94%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $3.28 ↓ -94%
Wellmed MGMCR $3.28 ↓ -94%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $3.28 ↓ -94%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $3.28 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MCR $3.28 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28 ↓ -94%
United GVT $3.28 ↓ -94%
United MCR $3.35 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.35 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $3.35 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $3.38 ↓ -93%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $3.44 ↓ -93%
AvMed MCR $3.44 ↓ -93%
Oscar MCR $3.44 ↓ -93%
Sunshine State MCR $3.44 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MCR $3.48 ↓ -93%
Align MCR $3.51 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $3.51 ↓ -93%
Florida Complete Care MCR $3.51 ↓ -93%
Centurion GVT $3.61 ↓ -93%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $3.61 ↓ -93%
Sunshine State MCD $3.61 ↓ -93%
Gold Kidney MCR $3.67 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $3.94 ↓ -92%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $3.94 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $4.17 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $4.39 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $4.39 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $4.62 ↓ -91%
Solis Health Plan MCR $4.76 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $4.92 ↓ -90%
AvMed HIX $6.63 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $6.63 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $8.16 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $9.69 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $10.71 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $10.71 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $10.86 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $11.73 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $12.09 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $12.24 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $13.26 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $13.26 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $13.26 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $13.26 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $13.26 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $13.46 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $13.77 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $14.28 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $14.28 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $15.30 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $17.34 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $17.85 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $22.95 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $25.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $25.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $25.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $29.58 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $38.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $43.35 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $81.27 ↑ +59%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↑ +63%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↑ +63%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Baptist Hospital MIAMI $82.55 $1.62 – $114.30
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