Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at HCA FLORIDA LAKE CITY HOSPITAL

1100 SW 11TH STREET, LIVE OAK, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1992751879

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

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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.

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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 $2,286.68 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
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
AvMed HIX $304.89
Simply MGMCR $391.28
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $442.74
Prime Health WC $452.06
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $466.04
Humana HMO $508.15
Humana PPO $508.15
Evolutions TieredNetwork $584.37
United OptionsPPO $599.62
AvMed HMOFI $609.78
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $647.89
AvMed ASOEO $711.41
Aetna ASA $762.23
Molina Healthcare HIX $813.04
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,143.34
Plotkin Health COMM $1,270.38
AvMed HIXOON $1,270.38
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $1,270.38
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,270.38
Hamilton County Jail Prison $1,372.01
Multiplan Primary $1,981.79
Evolutions TRADITIONALPPO $2,159.64
Multiplan Complementary $2,159.64
PPO Next PPO $2,159.64
PPO Next COMM $2,159.64
NovaNet COMM $2,286.68
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,261.16 $94.39 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,881.75 $77.67 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,311.05 $85.22 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,857.44 $76.59 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $681.26 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,066.82 $80.04 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $659.75 $10.09 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $659.75 $9.03 – $459.00

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