Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway

1 Adventhealth Way, Palm Coast, FL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1861102345

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

$5,375.74

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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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$5,375.74

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.

$346.11 with Florida Health Care Plan vs $1,177.02 with Allegiance — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Florida Health Care Plan Medicare Managed Care - HMO $346.11 ↓ -94%
Health First Health Plans Medicare Managed Care - HMO $364.32 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Medicare Managed Care - HMO $371.61 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicare Managed Care - HMO $375.25 ↓ -93%
Humana CarePlus Medicare Managed Care - HMO $378.89 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare Medicare Managed Care - HMO $382.54 ↓ -93%
Simply Healthcare Medicare Managed Care - HMO $386.18 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $389.82 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHP Exchange $732.46 ↓ -86%
Oscar Individual EPO $778.15 ↓ -86%
Cigna Surefit EPO $853.12 ↓ -84%
Aetna HMO/PPO $1,107.96 ↓ -79%
UnitedHealthCare NEXUS HMO $1,140.93 ↓ -79%
UnitedHealthCare Neighborhood Health Partnership (NHP) HMO $1,140.93 ↓ -79%
UnitedHealthCare HMO/PPO $1,140.93 ↓ -79%
UnitedHealthCare Compass Exchange $1,140.93 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO/PPO $1,177.02 ↓ -78%
Cigna County of Volusia HMO Employee $1,177.02 ↓ -78%
Allegiance CastCare Disney HMO $1,177.02 ↓ -78%

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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Palm Coast $5,375.74 $346.11 – $853.12
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $6,251.48 $346.11 – $865.63
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $18,799.04 $364.32 – $958.38
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $6,834.44 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $6,186.08 $346.11 – $1,130.31
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $12,130.06 $364.32 – $687.95
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,657.20 $98.01 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,570.10 $87.69 – $1,540.00

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