X-ray skull < 4 views at HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL
2801 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, MARGATE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466563
$2,603.00
Cash price 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.
$2,603.00
Gross charge 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.
$223.86 with Freedom Health vs $2,212.55 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $223.86 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $223.86 | ↓ -91% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $338.39 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | HIX | $338.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $416.48 | ↓ -84% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $475.00 | ↓ -82% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $485.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $485.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | MCR | $494.57 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $546.63 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $546.63 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $554.44 | ↓ -79% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $598.69 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $616.91 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $624.72 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Focus | $676.78 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $676.78 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $676.78 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $676.78 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $676.78 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $687.19 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $702.81 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | MDCSelect | $728.84 | ↓ -72% |
| AvMed | JHSSelect | $728.84 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $780.90 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $885.02 | ↓ -66% |
| BLIS | COMM | $911.05 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $1,171.35 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $1,301.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $1,301.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $1,301.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $1,509.74 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $1,952.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $2,212.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray skull < 4 views at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $678.79 | $94.39 – $182.21 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $1,745.01 | $77.67 – $242.37 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $705.64 | $85.22 – $286.15 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $2,046.21 | $76.59 – $242.37 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $642.40 | $103.72 – $238.49 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $1,025.41 | $80.04 – $199.35 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $648.05 | $8.65 – $780.30 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $648.05 | $9.03 – $459.00 |