Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at HCA FLORIDA TWIN CITIES HOSPITAL

160 Twin Springs Way, DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1891732988

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$5,761.00

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.

$5,761.00

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.

$161.50 with CorVel Corporation vs $5,184.90 with NovaNet — 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $161.50 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WC $164.90 ↓ -97%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $170.00 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $748.93 ↓ -87%
Simply MGMCR $887.19 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare HIX $962.09 ↓ -83%
Cigna NBN $1,002.41 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1,094.59 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,376.88 ↓ -76%
AvMed HMOFI $1,440.25 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,469.06 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $1,728.30 ↓ -70%
AvMed ASOEO $1,728.30 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,843.52 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $2,390.82 ↓ -58%
Cigna ManagedCareHMO $2,390.82 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,592.45 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,880.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2,880.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $2,880.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $2,880.50 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare MANAGEDCAREPPO $3,744.65 ↓ -35%
Multiplan Primary $4,493.58 ↓ -22%
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $4,896.85 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $4,896.85 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $4,896.85 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $4,896.85 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $5,184.90 ↓ -10%

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,790.96 $236.71 – $415.86
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $6,921.03 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,889.00 $236.71 – $532.20
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,310.93 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,101.78 $236.71 – $544.31
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,695.84 $249.17 – $454.98
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,358.50 $25.29 – $1,477.30
martin north hospital Stuart $1,358.50 $22.62 – $869.00

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