Myelography thoracic 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

$15,659.50

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.

$15,659.50

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.

$1,127.48 with Optimum vs $14,093.55 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 $1,127.48 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MCR $1,127.48 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16 ↓ -90%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,090.22 ↓ -87%
Prime Health WC $2,134.22 ↓ -86%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $2,200.23 ↓ -86%
Simply MGMCR $2,411.56 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $2,975.30 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $3,131.90 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $3,131.90 ↓ -80%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $3,601.68 ↓ -77%
AvMed HMOFI $3,758.28 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3,993.17 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $4,384.66 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4,697.85 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $5,011.04 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $5,230.27 ↓ -67%
Florida Health Care Plan COMM $5,903.63 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $7,046.77 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $7,829.75 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $7,829.75 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $7,829.75 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $7,829.75 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $11,744.63 ↓ -25%
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $11,744.63 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Primary $12,214.41 ↓ -22%
PPO Next COMM $13,310.58 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $13,310.58 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $13,310.58 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $13,310.58 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $14,093.55 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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