CT t-spine w /wo contrast 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

$17,790.00

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.

$17,790.00

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.

$401.74 with United vs $16,011.00 with NovaNet — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHP $1,186.00 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $1,280.88 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MCR $1,280.88 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,403.10 ↓ -92%
Prime Health WC $1,432.64 ↓ -92%
Aetna HMO $1,460.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna PPO $1,460.00 ↓ -92%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $1,476.95 ↓ -92%
AvMed HMOFI $1,695.00 ↓ -90%
AvMed ASOEO $1,863.00 ↓ -90%
Simply MGMCR $2,739.66 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $3,380.10 ↓ -81%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,536.45 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASA $5,337.00 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $5,692.80 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $5,941.86 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $8,005.50 ↓ -55%
AvMed HIXOON $8,895.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $8,895.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $8,895.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $8,895.00 ↓ -50%
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $13,342.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $13,342.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Primary $13,876.20 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $15,121.50 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $15,121.50 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $15,121.50 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $15,121.50 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $16,011.00 ↓ -10%

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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,783.07 $174.01 – $492.42
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,980.80 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $5,903.51 $174.01 – $642.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $9,953.56 $183.17 – $391.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,327.95 $52.70 – $1,304.75
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $47.15 – $767.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $997.75 $56.40 – $1,228.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,624.40 $173.17 – $4,906.80

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