Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) CT Scan (with contrast) at HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL
4797 PGA BLVD, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1326085424
$8,729.00
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.
$8,729.00
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.
$303.54 with United vs $10,474.80 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 | $303.54 | ↓ -97% |
| Healthy Palm Beaches | COMM | $550.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $750.69 | ↓ -91% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $750.69 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | QHP | $868.00 | ↓ -90% |
| AvMed | HIX | $926.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,061.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | HMO-Gated | $1,117.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $1,134.77 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $1,396.64 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,462.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MCR | $1,483.93 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | PPO-NonGated | $1,539.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $1,859.28 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $1,920.38 | ↓ -78% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $2,007.67 | ↓ -77% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $2,007.67 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | Select | $2,202.00 | ↓ -75% |
| AvMed | Empower | $2,202.00 | ↓ -75% |
| AvMed | Focus | $2,202.00 | ↓ -75% |
| AvMed | Engage | $2,202.00 | ↓ -75% |
| AvMed | Flex | $2,202.00 | ↓ -75% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $2,225.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $2,269.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $2,356.83 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2,469.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,618.70 | ↓ -70% |
| BLIS | COMM | $3,055.15 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $3,928.05 | ↓ -55% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $4,124.30 | ↓ -53% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $4,211.13 | ↓ -52% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $4,211.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $4,364.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $4,364.50 | ↓ -50% |
| District Cares | COMM | $4,364.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $4,364.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $5,150.11 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $6,546.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth BH | COMM | $6,983.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $7,419.65 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $10,474.80 | ↑ +20% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) CT Scan (with contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $5,582.20 | $174.01 – $437.27 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $7,112.05 | $183.17 – $530.75 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $4,947.05 | $174.01 – $631.85 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $8,266.23 | $183.17 – $429.66 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $3,707.23 | $174.01 – $570.98 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $9,270.49 | $183.17 – $347.52 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,314.95 | $50.71 – $1,304.75 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $997.75 | $45.37 – $767.50 |