Ablate arrhythmia add on at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.)

5151 N 9th Ave, Pensacola, FL · Ascension · · NPI 1922032424

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 7, 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.

$18,946.00 with BCBS BSL vs $41,704.00 with UHC HMO — 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
BCBS BSL 2509_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BSL PSH 20250701 $18,946.00
BCBS MBN 2515_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MBN PSH 20250701 $18,946.00
BCBS HMO 2510_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO PSH 20250701 $19,483.00
BCBS SBN 2511_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SBN PSH 20250701 $19,483.00
BCBS PHS 2513_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PHS PSH 20250701 $21,976.00
BCBS NWB 2512_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NWB PSH 20250701 $30,641.00
BCBS PPO 2514_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO PSH 20250701 $34,355.00
UHC NHP 2530_UNITED HEALTH CARE NHP PSH 20250701 $37,534.00
UHC HMO 2529_UNITED HEALTH CARE HMO PSH 20250701 $41,704.00

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Ablate arrhythmia add on at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $20,892.22 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $12,890.39 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $10,786.00 $485.45 – $495.67
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $12,245.87 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $5,587.40 $229.28 – $19,642.00
martin north hospital Stuart $5,587.40 $229.28 – $16,407.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $5,587.40 $229.28 – $11,098.18
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $16,352.05 $173.17 – $22,641.30

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →