Lumbar diskogram s&i at Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.)
3801 US-98 Port St, Joe, FL · Ascension · · NPI 1083941678
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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.
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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.
$204.47 with AETNA vs $4,139.17 with UHC NHP — 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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| AETNA | 760_AETNA 20250701 | $204.47 | — |
| UHC | 766_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 | $4,139.17 | — |
| UHC NHP | 767_UNITED HEALTH CARE NHP SH 20250701 | $4,139.17 | — |
| CIGNA | 775_CIGNA 20250701 | not published by hospital | — |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $6,598.98 | $2,039.19 – $4,527.00 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $9,880.00 | $3,701.44 – $3,947.38 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $7,811.03 | $2,039.19 – $3,853.47 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $11,163.75 | $36.10 – $14,316.55 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $11,163.75 | $32.30 – $8,421.50 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $215.80 | $32.94 – $2,243.11 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $3,412.50 | $173.17 – $4,184.10 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $3,412.50 | $353.09 – $4,184.10 |