X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view 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

$392.25

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.

$392.25

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.

$60.41 with Simply vs $2,043.74 with Careworks (Rockport Community) — 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 $60.41 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $74.53 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $78.45 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $78.45 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $79.63 ↓ -80%
AvMed HMOFI $94.14 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $100.02 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $109.83 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $117.67 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $125.52 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $176.51 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -54%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $196.13 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $196.13 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $196.13 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $196.13 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $305.95 ↓ -22%
Evernorth BHCOMM $313.80 ↓ -20%
PPO Next COMM $333.41 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $333.41 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $333.41 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $333.41 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $353.02 ↓ -10%
Beacon Health Options MCR $392.25 ↑ +0%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,941.55 ↑ +395%
Prime Health WC $1,982.43 ↑ +405%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $2,043.74 ↑ +421%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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