Esophageal recording 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

$2,862.05

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.

$2,862.05

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.

$11.40 with CorVel Corporation vs $47,578.00 with Cigna — 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.40 ↓ -100%
Prime Health WC $11.64 ↓ -100%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $12.00 ↓ -100%
Aetna QHP $435.03 ↓ -85%
Simply MGMCR $440.76 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $581.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna HMO $603.89 ↓ -79%
Aetna PPO $603.89 ↓ -79%
AvMed HMOFI $686.89 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $801.37 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $858.62 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $915.86 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,287.92 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,431.03 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,431.03 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $1,431.03 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $1,431.03 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $2,232.40 ↓ -22%
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,289.64 ↓ -20%
PPO Next COMM $2,432.74 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $2,432.74 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $2,432.74 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $2,432.74 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $2,575.85 ↓ -10%
Beacon Health Options MCR $2,862.05 ↑ +0%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $7,500.00 ↑ +162%
United AllPayerAppendix $8,086.00 ↑ +183%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $10,204.00 ↑ +257%
BCBS PHS $17,306.00 ↑ +505%
BCBS MBN $17,695.00 ↑ +518%
BCBS SBN $17,695.00 ↑ +518%
BCBS BSL $17,695.00 ↑ +518%
Cigna NBN $19,890.00 ↑ +595%
BCBS HMO $23,118.00 ↑ +708%
BCBS NWB $23,478.00 ↑ +720%
BCBS PPO $23,478.00 ↑ +720%
Humana HMO $26,092.00 ↑ +812%
Humana PPO $26,092.00 ↑ +812%
Oscar HIX $33,379.00 ↑ +1066%
Simply Healthcare HIX $38,312.00 ↑ +1239%
Cigna PPO $47,578.00 ↑ +1562%
Cigna ManagedCareHMO $47,578.00 ↑ +1562%

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