CT scan for localization at HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL

1401 WEST SEMINOLE BLVD, SANFORD, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1285681908

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

$9,734.25

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.

$9,734.25

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.

$671.66 with Aetna vs $15,000.00 with American Health Plan — 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
Aetna MCR $671.66 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $691.13 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $694.05 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MCR $700.87 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $700.87 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHP $1,186.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna HMO $1,460.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna PPO $1,460.00 ↓ -85%
Simply MGMCR $1,499.07 ↓ -85%
AvMed HMOFI $1,695.00 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1,849.51 ↓ -81%
AvMed ASOEO $1,863.00 ↓ -81%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,482.23 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASA $2,920.28 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,114.96 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $3,251.24 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,380.41 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4,867.13 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4,867.13 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $4,867.13 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $4,867.13 ↓ -50%
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $7,300.69 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $7,300.69 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Primary $7,592.72 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $8,274.11 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8,274.11 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $8,274.11 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $8,274.11 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $8,760.83 ↓ -10%
American Health Plan MCR $15,000.00 ↑ +54%

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CT scan for localization at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $500.82 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $523.36 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,766.35 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,555.45 $47.94 – $1,622.65
martin north hospital Stuart $1,240.85 $45.26 – $954.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $1,240.85 $47.78 – $1,527.20
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $495.95 $274.68 – $763.00
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $20,106.00 $913.00 – $913.00

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