X-ray knee ap standing bilateral 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

$2,716.00

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.

$2,716.00

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.

$182.03 with United vs $2,308.60 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 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $233.58 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $233.58 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $353.08 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $353.08 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $434.56 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $516.04 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $570.36 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $570.36 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $578.51 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $624.68 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $643.69 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $651.84 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $706.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $706.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $706.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $706.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $706.16 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $717.02 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $733.32 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $760.48 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $760.48 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $814.80 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $864.49 ↓ -68%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $882.69 ↓ -68%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $882.69 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $923.44 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $950.60 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,222.20 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,358.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,358.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,358.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,575.28 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,037.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,308.60 ↓ -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 knee ap standing bilateral at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $286.89 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $513.53 $77.67 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $364.68 $85.22 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,366.62 $76.59 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $314.21 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,529.26 $80.04 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $535.60 $8.33 – $646.00
martin north hospital Stuart $535.60 $7.76 – $380.00

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