Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at HCA FLORIDA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

3476 S University Dr, Davie, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1871182956

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.

$5.34 with HUMANA vs $249.50 with AvMed — 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
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.34
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.34
United AllPayerAppendix $5.39
United GVT $5.39
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.39
Wellmed MGMCR $5.39
Devoted Health MCR $5.39
BCBS MCRHMO $5.50
United MCR $5.50
BCBS MCRPPO $5.50
Aetna MCR $5.55
Sunshine State MCR $5.66
Oscar MCR $5.66
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.66
American Health Plan MCR $5.71
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $5.77
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.77
Align MCR $5.77
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $5.93
Sunshine State MCD $5.93
Gold Kidney MCR $6.04
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $6.47
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.47
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.85
Oscar HIX $7.60
Solis Health Plan MCR $7.82
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $8.08
Freedom Health MGMCR $42.91
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $64.87
AvMed HIX $64.87
Molina MCR $94.81
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $98.08
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $98.08
Humana HMO $104.79
AvMed FullyInsured $104.79
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $106.29
United PPO OptionsPPO $118.26
AvMed ASOEO $119.76
AvMed Engage $129.74
AvMed Empower $129.74
AvMed Focus $129.74
AvMed Flex $129.74
AvMed Select $129.74
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $131.74
Aetna ASA $149.70
Humana PPO $169.66
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $224.55
AvMed MDCSelectOON $249.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $249.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $249.50
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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