Diathermy eg microwave 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.

$1.52 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $29.67 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 $1.52
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $2.32
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $2.32
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2.52
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2.52
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2.52
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $2.52
AvMed HIX $2.58
Simply Healthcare HIX $4.74
Oscar HIX $4.84
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $4.97
United OptionsPPO $5.29
Cigna HMO $5.61
Cigna PPO $5.61
Molina MGMCR $6.13
Humana TRICARE $6.77
CareSource Tricare $6.98
AvMed HMOFI $7.09
United VA CCN FED $7.30
United MGMCD $7.30
Aetna MCR $7.30
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $7.30
WellMed MCR $7.30
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $7.42
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.45
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $7.45
United MCR $7.45
BCBS MCRPPO $7.45
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.67
Sunshine State MCR $7.67
WellCare MCR $7.67
American Health Plan MCR $7.74
Align Senior Care MCR $7.81
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.81
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $7.81
SECUR MGMCR $7.88
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $7.96
Centurion LOGOV $8.03
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.03
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.03
AvMed ASOEO $8.06
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $8.22
Molina HIX $8.71
Humana PPO $9.03
Humana HMO $9.03
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $9.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.50
Aetna ASA $9.68
Prime Health WorkersComp $9.70
BeHealthy America MCR $12.58
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $14.51
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $16.13
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $16.13
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $16.13
Plotkin Health COMM $16.13
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $24.19
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $24.19
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $24.19
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $27.41
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $29.67
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Diathermy eg microwave at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $7.30 – $12.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $7.68 – $17.05
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $7.68 – $17.05
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach not published $7.30 – $16.78
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $5.84 – $9.70
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston not published $9.28 – $18.91
martin north hospital Stuart not published $9.28 – $22.69
indian river hospital Vero Beach not published $9.28 – $18.91

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