Brain MRI (with contrast) at HCA FLORIDA PASADENA HOSPITAL

1501 Pasadena Ave S, South Pasadena, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1437591708

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

$6,092.03

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.

$6,092.03

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.

$286.33 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $5,604.67 with Evolutions Healthcare Systems — 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $286.33 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $438.63 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $438.63 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $475.18 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $475.18 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $475.18 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $475.18 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -86%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $938.17 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $999.09 ↓ -84%
AvMed HIX $1,080.00 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $1,157.49 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHP $1,186.00 ↓ -81%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,553.47 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,644.85 ↓ -73%
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,826.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,826.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASA $1,827.61 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,741.41 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $3,046.01 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $3,046.01 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3,046.01 ↓ -50%
AvMed HMOFI $3,110.00 ↓ -49%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,173.63 ↓ -48%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $3,173.63 ↓ -48%
Prime Health WorkersComp $3,240.44 ↓ -47%
AvMed ASOEO $3,418.00 ↓ -44%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $4,569.02 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $4,569.02 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $4,569.02 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $5,178.23 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $5,604.67 ↓ -8%

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Brain MRI (with contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,579.93 $346.11 – $748.98
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $14,747.85 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,782.99 $346.11 – $1,018.40
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,931.10 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $5,081.15 $346.11 – $977.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $10,111.25 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,510.95 $74.29 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $66.47 – $1,540.00

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