X-ray heel/calcaneus > 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.

$175.27 with Freedom Health vs $1,732.30 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $175.27
Optimum MGMCR $175.27
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $264.94
AvMed HIX $264.94
Freedom Health MGMCD $326.08
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $376.83
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $384.76
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $384.76
Molina MCR $387.22
AvMed FullyInsured $427.98
Humana HMO $427.98
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $434.09
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $468.74
United PPO OptionsPPO $483.01
AvMed ASOEO $489.12
AvMed Focus $529.88
AvMed Select $529.88
AvMed Empower $529.88
AvMed Engage $529.88
AvMed Flex $529.88
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $538.03
Molina HIX $550.26
AvMed MDCSelect $570.64
AvMed JHSSelect $570.64
Aetna ASA $611.40
Humana PPO $692.92
BLIS COMM $713.30
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $917.10
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,019.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,019.00
Plotkin Health COMM $1,019.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,182.04
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,528.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,732.30
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray heel/calcaneus > 2 views (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $698.07 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,097.32 $77.67 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $725.69 $85.22 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $962.28 $76.59 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $580.93 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $809.98 $80.04 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $535.60 $6.68 – $646.00
martin north hospital Stuart $535.60 $5.97 – $380.00

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