Myelography neck spine 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

$9,614.50

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.

$9,614.50

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.

$692.24 with Optimum vs $8,653.05 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
Optimum MGMCR $692.24 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MCR $692.24 ↓ -93%
Simply MGMCR $1,480.63 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1,826.76 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $1,922.90 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $1,922.90 ↓ -80%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,090.22 ↓ -78%
Prime Health WC $2,134.22 ↓ -78%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $2,200.23 ↓ -77%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $2,211.34 ↓ -77%
AvMed HMOFI $2,307.48 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,451.70 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $2,692.06 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2,884.35 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,076.64 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $3,211.24 ↓ -67%
Florida Health Care Plan COMM $3,624.67 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,326.52 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4,807.25 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4,807.25 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $4,807.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $4,807.25 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $7,210.88 ↓ -25%
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $7,210.88 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Primary $7,499.31 ↓ -22%
PPO Next COMM $8,172.32 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $8,172.32 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8,172.32 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $8,172.32 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $8,653.05 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,727.92 $777.70 – $1,366.30
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,012.09 $777.70 – $1,748.52
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $4,806.90 $797.83 – $1,817.36
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Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2,490.15 $173.17 – $3,447.90

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