Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at HCA FLORIDA NORTH FLORIDA HOSPITAL

12311 W NEWBERRY RD, NEWBERRY, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1174579155

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 5, 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.

$828.27 with United vs $23,223.41 with Beacon Health Options — 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 $828.27
AvMed HIX $857.00
Aetna QHP $968.00
Aetna HMO $1,266.00
Aetna PPO $1,266.00
AvMed HMOFI $1,780.00
AvMed ASOEO $1,975.00
United OptionsPPO $3,483.51
Simply MGMCR $3,576.41
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,975.10
Prime Health WC $4,058.79
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $4,184.32
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $4,412.45
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5,921.97
Aetna ASA $6,967.02
Molina Healthcare HIX $7,431.49
United GlobalBenefitPlan $10,450.53
AvMed HIXOON $11,611.70
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $11,611.70
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $11,611.70
Plotkin Health COMM $11,611.70
Corizon PHS Prison $13,934.05
Multiplan Primary $18,114.26
Evernorth BHCOMM $18,578.73
Multiplan Complementary $19,739.90
PPO Next PPO $19,739.90
PPO Next COMM $19,739.90
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $19,739.90
NovaNet COMM $20,901.07
Beacon Health Options MCR $23,223.41

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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $4,644.91 $346.11 – $608.05
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $9,676.14 $337.22 – $958.38
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,801.86 $346.11 – $1,140.93
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,472.61 $332.53 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,880.34 $346.11 – $795.86
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $8,035.82 $347.52 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,351.05 $50.71 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $45.37 – $1,540.00

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