X-ray ribs 2 views left 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.

$40.76 with Freedom Health vs $542.11 with Prime Health — 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 $40.76
Optimum MGMCR $40.76
AvMed HIX $61.62
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $61.62
Freedom Health MGMCD $75.84
Molina MCR $90.06
AvMed FullyInsured $99.54
Humana HMO $99.54
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $100.96
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $109.02
United PPO OptionsPPO $112.34
AvMed ASOEO $113.76
AvMed Empower $123.24
AvMed Focus $123.24
AvMed Flex $123.24
AvMed Engage $123.24
AvMed Select $123.24
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $125.14
Molina HIX $127.98
AvMed MDCSelect $132.72
AvMed JHSSelect $132.72
Aetna ASA $142.20
Humana PPO $161.16
BLIS COMM $165.90
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $213.30
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $237.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $237.00
Plotkin Health COMM $237.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $274.92
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $355.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $402.90
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $530.94
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $542.11
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $542.11
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray ribs 2 views left at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $929.48 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,335.86 $77.67 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $966.25 $85.22 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,044.77 $76.59 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $558.28 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,276.52 $80.04 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $551.20 $9.24 – $646.00
martin north hospital Stuart $551.20 $8.26 – $380.00

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