ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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.

$615.42 with BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT vs $5,318.00 with AETNA — 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
BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT 2433_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 $615.42
WELLCARE 2605_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $615.42
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 2438_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 $615.42
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 2602_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $615.42
FACILITY BILLING - OP 2595_FACILITY BILLING INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $615.42
FACILITY BILLING - OP 1472_FACILITY BILLING OUTPATIENT PSH 20190101 $615.42
BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT 2597_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $615.42
WELLCARE 2493_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 $615.42
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 2435_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 $621.57
UHC MEDICARE 2615_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $621.57
UHC MEDICARE 2548_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT PSH 20250501 $621.57
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 2599_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $627.73
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 2593_AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $633.88
HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 2601_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA GOLD INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $633.88
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 2429_AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 $633.88
HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 2437_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA GOLD OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 $633.88
SMARTHEALTH 2442_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $861.59
SMARTHEALTH 2610_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $861.59
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 2609_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN INPATIENT 20251001 $984.67
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 2456_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN OUTPATIENT 20250401 $984.67
AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE 2611_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $1,015.44
AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE 2426_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 $1,015.44
OCCUNET 2114_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET OUTPATIENT 20221201 $1,138.53
OCCUNET 2603_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET INPATIENT 20251001 $1,384.69
CIGNA 2531_CIGNA PSH 20250701 $1,399.00
BCBS BSL 2509_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BSL PSH 20250701 $2,367.00
BCBS MBN 2515_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MBN PSH 20250701 $2,367.00
BCBS SBN 2511_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SBN PSH 20250701 $2,412.00
BCBS HMO 2510_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO PSH 20250701 $2,412.00
BCBS PHS 2513_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PHS PSH 20250701 $2,828.00
BCBS NWB 2512_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NWB PSH 20250701 $3,114.00
BCBS PPO 2514_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO PSH 20250701 $3,735.00
UHC NHP 2530_UNITED HEALTH CARE NHP PSH 20250701 $4,479.00
UHC HMO 2529_UNITED HEALTH CARE HMO PSH 20250701 $4,977.00
AETNA 2494_AETNA PSH 20250701 $5,318.00

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $3,418.53 $590.81 – $1,037.95
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $4,722.24 $621.90 – $1,380.62
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,097.46 $590.81 – $1,328.32
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,579.62 $621.90 – $1,380.62
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $4,868.04 $590.81 – $1,358.54
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $7,102.65 $621.90 – $1,135.59
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $3,437.20 $89.52 – $4,494.80
martin north hospital Stuart $3,437.20 $129.22 – $2,644.00

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