Contrast x-ray of brain at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.)
5151 N 9th Ave, Pensacola, FL · Ascension · · NPI 1922032424
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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.
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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.
$321.42 with AETNA vs $1,784.36 with OCCUNET — 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 |
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| AETNA | 2494_AETNA PSH 20250701 | $321.42 | — |
| WELLCARE | 2605_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE INPATIENT PSH 20251001 | $793.05 | — |
| WELLCARE | 2493_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 | $793.05 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 2438_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 | $793.05 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 2602_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT PSH 20251001 | $793.05 | — |
| BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT | 2433_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 | $793.05 | — |
| BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT | 2597_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE INPATIENT PSH 20251001 | $793.05 | — |
| FACILITY BILLING - OP | 1472_FACILITY BILLING OUTPATIENT PSH 20190101 | $793.05 | — |
| FACILITY BILLING - OP | 2595_FACILITY BILLING INPATIENT PSH 20251001 | $793.05 | — |
| UHC MEDICARE | 2548_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT PSH 20250501 | $800.98 | — |
| HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT | 2435_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 | $800.98 | — |
| UHC MEDICARE | 2615_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT PSH 20251001 | $800.98 | — |
| HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT | 2599_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT PSH 20251001 | $808.91 | — |
| AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT | 2429_AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 | $816.84 | — |
| HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT | 2437_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA GOLD OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 | $816.84 | — |
| HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT | 2601_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA GOLD INPATIENT PSH 20251001 | $816.84 | — |
| AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT | 2593_AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT PSH 20251001 | $816.84 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 2442_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $1,110.27 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 2610_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $1,110.27 | — |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN | 2456_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN OUTPATIENT 20250401 | $1,268.88 | — |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN | 2609_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN INPATIENT 20251001 | $1,268.88 | — |
| AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE | 2426_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 | $1,308.53 | — |
| AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE | 2611_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL INPATIENT PSH 20251001 | $1,308.53 | — |
| OCCUNET | 2114_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET OUTPATIENT 20221201 | $1,467.14 | — |
| UHC HMO | 2529_UNITED HEALTH CARE HMO PSH 20250701 | $1,716.48 | — |
| UHC NHP | 2530_UNITED HEALTH CARE NHP PSH 20250701 | $1,716.48 | — |
| OCCUNET | 2603_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET INPATIENT 20251001 | $1,784.36 | — |
| CIGNA | 2531_CIGNA PSH 20250701 | not published by hospital | — |
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Contrast x-ray of brain at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $7,308.76 | $797.83 – $1,817.36 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $6,841.46 | $818.63 – $1,494.82 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $4,429.10 | $146.00 – $5,791.90 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $309.40 | $45.13 – $900.50 |
| HCA FLORIDA BAYONET POINT HOSPITAL | HUDSON | $2,036.06 | $1,609.16 – $2,280.55 |
| Adventhealth Waterman | Tavares | $2,537.52 | $809.07 – $1,704.70 |
| Adventhealth Riverview | Riverview | $7,308.76 | $1,399.01 – $1,399.01 |
| Adventhealth Wesley Chapel | Wesley Chapel | $7,308.76 | $797.83 – $1,817.36 |