X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) 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.

$182.03 with United vs $2,294.15 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 $182.03
Optimum MGMCR $232.11
Freedom Health MGMCR $232.11
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $350.87
AvMed HIX $350.87
Freedom Health MGMCD $431.84
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $509.83
Molina MCR $512.81
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $520.56
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $520.56
AvMed FullyInsured $566.79
Humana HMO $566.79
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $574.89
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $620.77
United PPO OptionsPPO $639.66
AvMed ASOEO $647.76
AvMed Focus $701.74
AvMed Select $701.74
AvMed Empower $701.74
AvMed Engage $701.74
AvMed Flex $701.74
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $712.54
Molina HIX $728.73
AvMed MDCSelect $755.72
AvMed JHSSelect $755.72
Aetna ASA $809.70
Humana PPO $917.66
BLIS COMM $944.65
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,214.55
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,349.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,349.50
Plotkin Health COMM $1,349.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,565.42
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,024.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,294.15
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $840.79 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,616.28 $90.88 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $874.03 $86.33 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,433.45 $90.88 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $398.07 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,432.74 $90.88 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $545.35 $8.65 – $646.00
martin north hospital Stuart $545.35 $9.03 – $380.00

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