Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at Adventhealth Wauchula
735 S 5Th Ave, Wauchula, FL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1275511651
$8,528.64
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.
$8,528.64
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.
$661.91 with Aetna vs $661.91 with Aetna — 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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| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $661.91 | ↓ -92% |
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Abdominal 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 | $6,469.69 | $174.01 – $492.42 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $12,580.49 | $183.17 – $530.75 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $6,259.05 | $174.01 – $669.56 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $8,380.54 | $183.17 – $429.66 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $4,584.28 | $174.01 – $642.98 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $10,534.71 | $183.17 – $391.35 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,398.15 | $58.24 – $1,304.75 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $997.75 | $52.11 – $767.50 |