Sputum specimen collection at HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL
2801 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, MARGATE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466563
$536.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$536.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$46.10 with Optimum vs $455.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Optimum | MGMCR | $46.10 | ↓ -91% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $46.10 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $69.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $69.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $72.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $85.76 | ↓ -84% |
| Oscar | HIX | $85.76 | ↓ -84% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | HIX | $91.12 | ↓ -83% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $100.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | MCR | $101.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $102.38 | ↓ -81% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $102.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | HMO | $112.56 | ↓ -79% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $112.56 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $114.17 | ↓ -79% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $123.28 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $127.03 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $128.64 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Focus | $139.36 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $139.36 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $139.36 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $139.36 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $139.36 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $141.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $144.72 | ↓ -73% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $149.16 | ↓ -72% |
| AvMed | MDCSelect | $150.08 | ↓ -72% |
| AvMed | JHSSelect | $150.08 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $160.80 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $182.24 | ↓ -66% |
| BLIS | COMM | $187.60 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $241.20 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $268.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $268.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $268.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $310.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $402.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $455.60 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Sputum specimen collection at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $644.00 | $91.22 – $149.16 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $117.00 | $8.20 – $195.71 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $117.00 | $31.54 – $195.71 |
| HCA FLORIDA KENDALL HOSPITAL | DORAL | $585.00 | $99.46 – $149.16 |
| HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL | TALLAHASSEE | $816.65 | $84.86 – $149.16 |
| HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL | HIALEAH | $180.00 | $99.46 – $149.16 |
| HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL | Sebring | $409.00 | $85.46 – $149.16 |
| HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL | MIAMI | $1,506.00 | $99.46 – $149.16 |