Western blot 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

$868.00

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.

$868.00

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.

$16.86 with HUMANA vs $737.80 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 $16.86 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $16.86 ↓ -98%
Humana TRICR $16.96 ↓ -98%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Wellmed MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.03 ↓ -98%
United GVT $17.03 ↓ -98%
United MCR $17.37 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.37 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $17.37 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $17.54 ↓ -98%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $17.88 ↓ -98%
AvMed MCR $17.88 ↓ -98%
Oscar MCR $17.88 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCR $17.88 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MCR $18.05 ↓ -98%
Align MCR $18.22 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $18.22 ↓ -98%
Florida Complete Care MCR $18.22 ↓ -98%
Centurion GVT $18.73 ↓ -98%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $18.73 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCD $18.73 ↓ -98%
Gold Kidney MCR $19.07 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $20.44 ↓ -98%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.44 ↓ -98%
Simply Healthcare HIX $21.63 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $24.01 ↓ -97%
Solis Health Plan MCR $24.69 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $25.55 ↓ -97%
Optimum MGMCR $74.65 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $74.65 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $81.27 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↓ -90%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.98 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $112.84 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $112.84 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $138.88 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $164.92 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $182.28 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $182.28 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $184.88 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $199.64 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $205.72 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $208.32 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $225.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $225.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $225.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $225.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $225.68 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $229.15 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $234.36 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $243.04 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $243.04 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $260.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $295.12 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $303.80 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $390.60 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $434.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $434.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $434.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $503.44 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $651.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $737.80 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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