X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views 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

$1,268.00

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.

$1,268.00

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.

$109.05 with Freedom Health vs $1,077.80 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 $109.05 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $109.05 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $164.84 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $164.84 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $202.88 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $240.92 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $266.28 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $266.28 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $270.08 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $291.64 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $300.52 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $304.32 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $329.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $329.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $329.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $329.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $329.68 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $334.75 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $342.36 ↓ -73%
AvMed JHSSelect $355.04 ↓ -72%
AvMed MDCSelect $355.04 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $380.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $431.12 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $443.80 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $570.60 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $634.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $634.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $634.00 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $638.61 ↓ -50%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $652.05 ↓ -49%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $652.05 ↓ -49%
Medica HealthCare MCR $735.44 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $951.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,077.80 ↓ -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 ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,349.88 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,483.00 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,403.25 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,447.82 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $837.46 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,816.78 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $679.90 $13.21 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $679.90 $11.82 – $459.00

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