CT thoracic spine without contrast at HCA FLORIDA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

3476 S University Dr, Davie, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1871182956

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$9,834.00

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.

$9,834.00

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.

$245.18 with United vs $4,917.00 with AvMed — 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 $245.18 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHP $809.00 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $845.72 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $890.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $1,061.00 ↓ -89%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,278.42 ↓ -87%
Aetna PPO $1,462.00 ↓ -85%
Molina MCR $1,868.46 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2,094.64 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00 ↓ -78%
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00 ↓ -76%
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,330.66 ↓ -76%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,370.01 ↓ -76%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,370.01 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $2,556.84 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $2,556.84 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2,556.84 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2,556.84 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $2,556.84 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,596.18 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $2,950.20 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4,425.30 ↓ -55%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $4,917.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4,917.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $4,917.00 ↓ -50%

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CT thoracic spine without contrast at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $4,614.13 $103.72 – $222.10
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $8,789.66 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,766.49 $103.72 – $301.99
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $7,653.92 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,137.63 $103.72 – $290.01
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $8,899.97 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $856.70 $41.62 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $596.70 $37.24 – $459.00

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