Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides 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

$552.15

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.

$552.15

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.

$49.76 with United vs $552.15 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
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $71.78 ↓ -87%
Simply MGMCR $85.03 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare HIX $92.21 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $104.91 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $110.43 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $110.43 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $112.09 ↓ -80%
AvMed HMOFI $132.52 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $140.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $154.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $165.65 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $176.69 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $248.47 ↓ -55%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $255.48 ↓ -54%
Prime Health WC $260.86 ↓ -53%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $268.93 ↓ -51%
Plotkin Health COMM $276.07 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $276.07 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $276.07 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $276.07 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $430.68 ↓ -22%
Evernorth BHCOMM $441.72 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Complementary $469.33 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $469.33 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $469.33 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $469.33 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $496.94 ↓ -10%
Beacon Health Options MCR $552.15 ↑ +0%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $247.40 $51.70 – $90.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $156.18 $54.42 – $120.81
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $184.29 $51.70 – $116.23
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $691.67 $54.42 – $120.81
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $513.39 $51.70 – $118.88
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $368.07 $54.42 – $99.37
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