Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination 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

$295.96

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.

$295.96

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.

$13.91 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $326.92 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 $13.91 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $21.31 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $21.31 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $23.08 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $23.08 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $23.08 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $23.08 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $23.68 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $43.51 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $44.39 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $45.58 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $48.54 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $56.23 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $65.11 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $68.07 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $73.99 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $75.47 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $79.91 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $82.87 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $82.87 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $88.79 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $115.42 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $133.18 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $147.98 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $147.98 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $147.98 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $147.98 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $221.97 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $221.97 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $221.97 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $251.57 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $272.28 ↓ -8%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $320.18 ↑ +8%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $320.18 ↑ +8%
Prime Health WorkersComp $326.92 ↑ +10%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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