X-ray abdomen 2 views 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

$2,875.00

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.

$2,875.00

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.

$245.18 with United vs $2,443.75 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
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $247.25 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $247.25 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $373.75 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $373.75 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $460.00 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $516.16 ↓ -82%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $527.03 ↓ -82%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $527.03 ↓ -82%
Molina MCR $546.25 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $603.75 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $603.75 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $612.38 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $661.25 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $681.38 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $690.00 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $747.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $747.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $747.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $747.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $747.50 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $759.00 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $776.25 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $805.00 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $805.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $862.50 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $977.50 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $1,006.25 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,293.75 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,437.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,437.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,437.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,667.50 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,156.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,443.75 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray abdomen 2 views at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $962.76 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,473.52 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,095.56 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,204.27 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $626.60 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,699.98 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $662.35 $10.92 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $662.35 $11.05 – $459.00

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