Head CT scan (without 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

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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.

$245.18 with United vs $8,021.15 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 $245.18
Simply MGMCR $1,235.26
Aetna QHP $1,258.00
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1,524.02
United OptionsPPO $1,628.29
AvMed HMOFI $1,695.00
AvMed ASOEO $1,863.00
Aetna PPO $1,888.00
Aetna HMO $1,888.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,900.91
Prime Health WC $1,940.93
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $2,000.96
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,045.39
Aetna ASA $2,406.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,566.77
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,609.52
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $4,010.57
AvMed HIXOON $4,010.57
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4,010.57
Plotkin Health COMM $4,010.57
Multiplan Primary $6,256.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $6,416.92
Multiplan Complementary $6,817.98
PPO Next PPO $6,817.98
PPO Next COMM $6,817.98
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $6,817.98
NovaNet COMM $7,219.03
Beacon Health Options MCR $8,021.15

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Head CT scan (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $3,756.83 $103.72 – $222.10
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $7,029.41 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,463.36 $103.72 – $301.99
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $7,113.12 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,113.31 $103.72 – $290.01
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $8,449.43 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $839.80 $34.94 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $789.75 $31.26 – $459.00

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