Csf leakage imaging at Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.)
3801 US-98 Port St, Joe, FL · Ascension · · NPI 1083941678
$678.00
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,695.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$809.36 with AETNA vs $3,044.09 with UHC NHP — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | 760_AETNA 20250701 | $809.36 | ↑ +19% |
| CIGNA | 775_CIGNA 20250701 | $932.25 | ↑ +38% |
| UHC | 766_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 | $3,044.09 | ↑ +349% |
| UHC NHP | 767_UNITED HEALTH CARE NHP SH 20250701 | $3,044.09 | ↑ +349% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Csf leakage imaging at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $5,814.31 | $744.14 – $2,468.71 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $7,477.60 | $23.53 – $9,571.00 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $7,319.00 | $362.10 – $8,445.00 |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) | Pensacola | $529.60 | $792.19 – $3,044.09 |
| HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL | SANFORD | $8,693.25 | $2,029.15 – $2,938.37 |
| HCA FLORIDA BLAKE HOSPITAL | BRADENTON | $3,484.45 | $2,056.62 – $2,938.37 |
| HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL | PANAMA CITY | $4,593.45 | $1,887.44 – $2,938.37 |
| HCA FLORIDA LARGO HOSPITAL | LARGO | $8,282.68 | $2,056.62 – $2,938.37 |