X-ray bone length studies 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

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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.

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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.

$127.11 with Optimum vs $1,256.30 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
Optimum MGMCR $127.11
Freedom Health MGMCR $127.11
AvMed HIX $192.14
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $192.14
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $231.16
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $236.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $236.03
Freedom Health MGMCD $236.48
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Molina MCR $280.82
AvMed FullyInsured $310.38
Humana HMO $310.38
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $314.81
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $339.94
United PPO OptionsPPO $350.29
AvMed ASOEO $354.72
AvMed Focus $384.28
AvMed Select $384.28
AvMed Empower $384.28
AvMed Engage $384.28
AvMed Flex $384.28
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $390.19
Molina HIX $399.06
AvMed MDCSelect $413.84
AvMed JHSSelect $413.84
Aetna ASA $443.40
Humana PPO $502.52
BLIS COMM $517.30
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $665.10
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $739.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $739.00
Plotkin Health COMM $739.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $857.24
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,108.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,256.30
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray bone length studies at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $507.14 $94.39 – $182.21
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $475.52 $85.22 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $895.42 $76.59 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $584.17 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $800.25 $80.04 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $664.30 $12.79 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $596.70 $11.45 – $459.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $596.70 $10.98 – $734.40

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