Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL
4797 PGA BLVD, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1326085424
$15,834.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$15,834.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$401.74 with United vs $19,000.80 with AIDS Healthcare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -97% |
| Healthy Palm Beaches | COMM | $550.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | QHP | $868.00 | ↓ -95% |
| AvMed | HIX | $890.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,061.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1,361.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $1,361.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,462.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $2,058.42 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | Select | $2,097.00 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | Empower | $2,097.00 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | Engage | $2,097.00 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | Flex | $2,097.00 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | Focus | $2,097.00 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $2,119.00 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2,329.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $2,533.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $2,691.78 | ↓ -83% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,799.60 | ↓ -82% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,858.54 | ↓ -82% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,858.54 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $3,372.64 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $3,483.48 | ↓ -78% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $3,641.82 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $3,752.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $4,116.84 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $4,275.18 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,750.20 | ↓ -70% |
| BLIS | COMM | $5,541.90 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $7,125.30 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $7,917.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $7,917.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $7,917.00 | ↓ -50% |
| District Cares | COMM | $7,917.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $9,342.06 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $11,875.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth BH | COMM | $12,667.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $13,458.90 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $19,000.80 | ↑ +20% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $5,105.26 | $174.01 – $492.42 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $10,111.41 | $183.17 – $530.75 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $5,018.38 | $174.01 – $669.56 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $10,728.83 | $183.17 – $429.66 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $4,265.48 | $174.01 – $642.98 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $7,725.33 | $183.17 – $391.35 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,361.10 | $52.70 – $1,304.75 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $997.75 | $47.15 – $767.50 |