Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL
3157 NORTH MONROE ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1790732303
$8,594.60
Cash price 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.
$8,594.60
Gross charge 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.
$401.74 with United vs $8,594.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | QHP | $1,258.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Simply | MGMCR | $1,323.57 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina Healthcare | MGMCR | $1,632.97 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $1,695.00 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,744.70 | ↓ -80% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $1,863.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,888.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,888.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $2,191.62 | ↓ -75% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,480.65 | ↓ -71% |
| Prime Health | WC | $2,532.87 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,578.38 | ↓ -70% |
| Careworks (Rockport Community) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,611.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $2,750.27 | ↓ -68% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,867.57 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | WORKERSCOMP | $4,297.30 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | HIXOON | $4,297.30 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $4,297.30 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $4,297.30 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | Primary | $6,703.79 | ↓ -22% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $6,875.68 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | Complementary | $7,305.41 | ↓ -15% |
| PPO Next | PPO | $7,305.41 | ↓ -15% |
| PPO Next | COMM | $7,305.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare | TRADITIONALPPO | $7,305.41 | ↓ -15% |
| NovaNet | COMM | $7,735.14 | ↓ -10% |
| Beacon Health Options | MCR | $8,594.60 | ↑ +0% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $5,105.26 | $174.01 – $492.42 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $10,111.41 | $183.17 – $530.75 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $5,018.38 | $174.01 – $669.56 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $10,728.83 | $183.17 – $429.66 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $4,265.48 | $174.01 – $642.98 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $7,725.33 | $183.17 – $391.35 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,361.10 | $52.70 – $1,304.75 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $997.75 | $47.15 – $767.50 |