Contrast x-ray of knee joint 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

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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.

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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.

$195.40 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $3,824.79 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 $195.40
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $299.33
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $299.33
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $324.28
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $324.28
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $324.28
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $324.28
AvMed HIX $332.59
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $640.24
United OptionsPPO $681.81
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $717.38
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $717.38
Prime Health WorkersComp $732.49
Molina MGMCR $789.90
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
AvMed HMOFI $914.62
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $956.20
AvMed ASOEO $1,039.35
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,060.13
Molina HIX $1,122.49
Humana PPO $1,164.07
Humana HMO $1,164.07
Aetna ASA $1,247.21
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,870.82
Plotkin Health COMM $2,078.69
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2,078.69
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $2,078.69
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $3,118.03
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $3,118.03
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $3,118.03
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,533.77
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $3,824.79
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray of knee joint at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,572.77 $346.11 – $608.05
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,370.11 $346.11 – $1,140.93
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,495.47 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,458.01 $346.11 – $795.86
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,638.34 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,171.00 $24.88 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $22.26 – $1,484.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,002.00 $22.17 – $2,375.20

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