Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site 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

$1,604.26

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.

$1,604.26

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.

$75.40 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $1,475.92 with Evolutions Healthcare Systems — 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $75.40 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $115.51 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $115.51 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $125.13 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $125.13 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $125.13 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $125.13 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $128.34 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $235.83 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $240.64 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $247.06 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $263.10 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $270.12 ↓ -83%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $270.12 ↓ -83%
Prime Health WorkersComp $275.81 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $304.81 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $352.94 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $368.98 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $401.06 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $409.09 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $433.15 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $449.19 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $449.19 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $481.28 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $625.66 ↓ -61%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $721.92 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $802.13 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $802.13 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $802.13 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $802.13 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,203.19 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,203.19 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $1,203.19 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,363.62 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $1,475.92 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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