Vital capacity test 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

$678.00

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.

$678.00

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.

$22.80 with CorVel Corporation vs $576.30 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.80 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.28 ↓ -97%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $23.28 ↓ -97%
Freedom Health MGMCR $58.31 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $58.31 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $88.14 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $88.14 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $91.53 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHP $94.24 ↓ -86%
Freedom Health MGMCD $108.48 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $108.48 ↓ -84%
Aetna HMO $114.58 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $115.26 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $128.82 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $132.21 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $142.38 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $142.38 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $142.38 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $142.38 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $144.41 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $155.94 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $160.69 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $162.72 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $176.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $176.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $176.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $176.28 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $176.28 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $178.99 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $183.06 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $189.84 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $189.84 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $203.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $230.52 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $237.30 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $305.10 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $339.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $339.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $339.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $393.24 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $508.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $576.30 ↓ -15%

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Vital capacity test at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $381.69 $127.65 – $224.26
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $451.64 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $372.35 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $526.91 $134.37 – $298.30
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $201.92 $127.65 – $293.53
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $424.05 $134.37 – $245.36
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