Specimen fat stain 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

$130.00

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.

$130.00

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.

$5.82 with HUMANA vs $110.50 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 $5.82 ↓ -96%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.82 ↓ -96%
Humana TRICR $5.86 ↓ -95%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -95%
Wellmed MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -95%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.88 ↓ -95%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $5.88 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.88 ↓ -95%
United GVT $5.88 ↓ -95%
United MCR $6.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $6.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $6.06 ↓ -95%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $6.17 ↓ -95%
AvMed MCR $6.17 ↓ -95%
Oscar MCR $6.17 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCR $6.17 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan MCR $6.23 ↓ -95%
Align MCR $6.29 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $6.29 ↓ -95%
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.29 ↓ -95%
Centurion GVT $6.47 ↓ -95%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $6.47 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCD $6.47 ↓ -95%
Gold Kidney MCR $6.59 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $7.06 ↓ -95%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.06 ↓ -95%
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.47 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $8.29 ↓ -94%
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.53 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $8.82 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $11.18 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $11.18 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $16.90 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $16.90 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $20.80 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $24.70 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $27.30 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $27.30 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $27.69 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $29.90 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $30.81 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $31.20 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $33.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $33.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $33.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $33.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $33.80 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $34.32 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $35.10 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $36.40 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $36.40 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $39.00 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $44.20 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $45.50 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $58.50 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $65.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $65.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $65.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $75.40 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $97.50 ↓ -25%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $100.27 ↓ -23%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $102.38 ↓ -21%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $102.38 ↓ -21%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $110.50 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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