Myelography thoracic spine 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.

$509.87 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $9,980.43 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 $509.87
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $781.08
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $781.08
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $846.17
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $846.17
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $846.17
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $846.17
AvMed HIX $867.86
United AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1,670.64
United OptionsPPO $1,779.12
Molina MGMCR $2,061.18
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,118.51
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,118.51
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,163.11
AvMed HMOFI $2,386.62
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2,495.11
AvMed ASOEO $2,712.07
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,766.31
Molina HIX $2,929.04
Humana PPO $3,037.52
Humana HMO $3,037.52
Aetna ASA $3,254.49
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4,881.73
Plotkin Health COMM $5,424.15
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $5,424.15
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $5,424.15
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $8,136.22
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $8,136.22
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $8,136.22
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $9,221.05
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $9,980.43
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Myelography thoracic spine at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,261.15 $797.83 – $1,817.36
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $4,665.70 $37.50 – $5,791.90
martin north hospital Stuart $4,429.10 $33.55 – $3,407.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $4,429.10 $36.44 – $5,451.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,922.70 $173.17 – $2,662.20
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $1,922.70 $353.09 – $2,662.20
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $1,922.70 $342.29 – $2,662.20
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $1,922.70 $342.29 – $2,662.20

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