Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast 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

$1,379.60

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.

$1,379.60

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.

$212.46 with Simply vs $1,379.60 with Beacon Health Options — 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 $212.46 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $262.12 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $275.92 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $275.92 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $280.06 ↓ -80%
AvMed HMOFI $331.10 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $351.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $386.29 ↓ -72%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASA $413.88 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $441.47 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $620.82 ↓ -55%
AvMed HIXOON $689.80 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $689.80 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $689.80 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $689.80 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $731.60 ↓ -47%
Prime Health WC $747.01 ↓ -46%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $770.11 ↓ -44%
Multiplan Primary $1,076.09 ↓ -22%
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,103.68 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $1,172.66 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $1,172.66 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $1,172.66 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $1,172.66 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $1,241.64 ↓ -10%
Beacon Health Options MCR $1,379.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,355.11 $183.17 – $334.46
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,179.75 $33.00 – $1,304.75
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Baptist Hospital MIAMI $824.85 $73.69 – $1,142.10
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $824.85 $73.69 – $1,142.10
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Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $824.85 $71.44 – $1,142.10

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