X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast 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

$5,523.00

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.

$5,523.00

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.

$401.74 with United vs $4,694.55 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.

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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 $401.74 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $474.98 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $474.98 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $717.99 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $717.99 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $864.49 ↓ -84%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $882.69 ↓ -84%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $882.69 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $883.68 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1,049.37 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $1,159.83 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $1,159.83 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,176.40 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,270.29 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,308.95 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $1,325.52 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $1,435.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1,435.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $1,435.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $1,435.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $1,435.98 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,458.07 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,491.21 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $1,546.44 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $1,546.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,656.90 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $1,877.82 ↓ -66%
BLIS COMM $1,933.05 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,485.35 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,761.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,761.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,761.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $3,203.34 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,142.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,694.55 ↓ -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 upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,717.31 $174.01 – $305.71
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,625.22 $174.01 – $631.85
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,057.13 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,260.55 $174.01 – $400.13
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,373.32 $183.17 – $334.46
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,231.75 $28.69 – $1,304.75
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $25.67 – $767.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $997.75 $26.08 – $1,228.00

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