Assay chondroitin sulfate at HCA FLORIDA FAWCETT HOSPITAL

8919 College Point Ct, FORT MYERS, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1417901406

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.

$18.72 with Humana vs $74.25 with Prime Health — 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 TRICARE $18.72
CareSource Tricare $19.30
United VA CCN FED $20.65
Aetna MCR $20.65
United AllPayerAppendix $20.65
United MGMCD $20.65
WellMed MCR $20.65
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $20.65
BCBS MCRPPO $21.06
United MCR $21.06
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $21.06
BCBS MGMCRHMO $21.06
Sunshine State MCR $21.68
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $21.68
WellCare MCR $21.68
American Health Plan MCR $21.89
Florida Complete Care MCR $22.10
Align Senior Care MCR $22.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $22.10
SECUR MGMCR $22.30
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $22.51
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $22.71
Clear Spring Health MCR $22.71
Centurion LOGOV $22.71
Simply Healthcare HIX $29.32
Oscar HIX $31.80
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $72.72
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $72.72
Prime Health WorkersComp $74.25
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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