Smear gram stain 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.

$1.51 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $89.69 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 $1.51
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $2.32
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $2.32
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2.51
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $2.51
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2.51
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2.51
AvMed HIX $2.58
Humana TRICARE $3.87
CareSource Tricare $3.99
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $4.27
Aetna MCR $4.27
United AllPayerAppendix $4.27
United MGMCD $4.27
WellMed MCR $4.27
United VA CCN FED $4.27
BCBS MCRPPO $4.36
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.36
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.36
United MCR $4.36
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.48
WellCare MCR $4.48
Sunshine State MCR $4.48
American Health Plan MCR $4.53
Align Senior Care MCR $4.57
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.57
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $4.57
SECUR MGMCR $4.61
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $4.65
Centurion LOGOV $4.70
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.70
Clear Spring Health MCR $4.70
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $4.96
United OptionsPPO $5.28
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.06
Molina MGMCR $6.12
Oscar HIX $6.58
AvMed HMOFI $7.09
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $7.41
AvMed ASOEO $8.05
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $8.21
Molina HIX $8.70
Humana PPO $9.02
Humana HMO $9.02
Aetna ASA $9.66
BeHealthy America MCR $12.56
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $14.49
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $16.11
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $16.11
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $16.11
Plotkin Health COMM $16.11
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $24.16
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $24.16
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $24.16
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $27.38
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $29.63
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $87.84
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $87.84
Prime Health WorkersComp $89.69
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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