Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at HCA FLORIDA PUTNAM HOSPITAL

611 Zeagler Drive, Palatka, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1487045100

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

$9,244.25

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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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$9,244.25

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 $7,857.61 with Multiplan — 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 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHP $1,392.00 ↓ -85%
Simply MGMCR $1,423.61 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1,756.41 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $1,816.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna HMO $1,816.00 ↓ -80%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,357.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASA $2,773.28 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,958.16 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $3,032.11 ↓ -67%
AvMed HMOFI $3,110.00 ↓ -66%
AvMed ASOEO $3,418.00 ↓ -63%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,159.91 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4,622.13 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $4,622.13 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4,622.13 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $4,622.13 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6,368.18 ↓ -31%
Prime Health WC $6,502.25 ↓ -30%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $6,703.35 ↓ -27%
Multiplan Primary $7,210.52 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $7,857.61 ↓ -15%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,995.41 $346.11 – $865.63
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $7,861.49 $364.32 – $958.38
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $5,139.12 $346.11 – $1,177.02
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $7,760.17 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $6,832.71 $364.32 – $687.95
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,425.15 $68.99 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $66.98 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,002.00 $55.78 – $2,464.00

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