Culture body fluid 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.

$4.48 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $227.59 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $4.48
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $6.86
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $6.86
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $7.43
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $7.43
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $7.43
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $7.43
AvMed HIX $7.62
Humana TRICARE $7.81
CareSource Tricare $8.05
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $8.62
Aetna MCR $8.62
United AllPayerAppendix $8.62
United MGMCD $8.62
WellMed MCR $8.62
United VA CCN FED $8.62
BCBS MCRPPO $8.79
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.79
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.79
United MCR $8.79
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.05
WellCare MCR $9.05
Sunshine State MCR $9.05
American Health Plan MCR $9.14
Align Senior Care MCR $9.22
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $9.22
SECUR MGMCR $9.31
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $9.40
Centurion LOGOV $9.48
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $9.48
Clear Spring Health MCR $9.48
Simply Healthcare HIX $12.24
Oscar HIX $13.27
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $14.67
United OptionsPPO $15.63
Molina MGMCR $18.11
AvMed HMOFI $20.96
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $21.92
AvMed ASOEO $23.82
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $24.30
Molina HIX $25.73
Humana PPO $26.68
Humana HMO $26.68
Aetna ASA $28.59
BeHealthy America MCR $37.16
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $42.88
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $47.65
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $47.65
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $47.65
Plotkin Health COMM $47.65
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $71.47
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $71.47
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $71.47
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $81.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $87.67
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $222.90
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $222.90
Prime Health WorkersComp $227.59
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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