Artery x-rays chest at HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL

3157 NORTH MONROE ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1790732303

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

$2,586.80

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.

$2,586.80

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.

$398.37 with Simply vs $6,438.74 with United — 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
Simply MGMCR $398.37 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $491.49 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $517.36 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $517.36 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $525.12 ↓ -80%
AvMed HMOFI $620.83 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $659.63 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $724.30 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $776.04 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $827.78 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,164.06 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,293.40 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,293.40 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $1,293.40 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $1,293.40 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $2,017.70 ↓ -22%
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,069.44 ↓ -20%
PPO Next COMM $2,198.78 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $2,198.78 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $2,198.78 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $2,198.78 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $2,328.12 ↓ -10%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,455.64 ↓ -5%
Prime Health WC $2,507.33 ↓ -3%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $2,584.88 ↓ -0%
Beacon Health Options MCR $2,586.80 ↑ +0%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↑ +149%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays chest at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $10,046.69 $1,361.03 – $5,503.18
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,333.83 $1,104.38 – $7,319.99
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $12,920.80 $1,154.15 – $6,020.85
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $17,942.60 $54.57 – $23,075.80
martin north hospital Stuart $17,646.20 $48.82 – $13,574.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $17,646.20 $44.80 – $21,718.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $6,271.20 $173.17 – $8,683.20
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $6,271.20 $959.00 – $8,683.20

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