Surgical pathology level 4 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

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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.

$2.68 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $467.72 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 $2.68
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $4.10
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $4.10
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $4.44
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $4.44
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $4.44
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $4.44
AvMed HIX $4.56
Simply Healthcare HIX $8.37
Oscar HIX $8.54
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $8.77
United OptionsPPO $9.34
Molina MGMCR $10.82
AvMed HMOFI $12.53
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $13.10
AvMed ASOEO $14.23
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $14.52
Molina HIX $15.37
Humana PPO $15.94
Humana HMO $15.94
Aetna ASA $17.08
BeHealthy America MCR $22.21
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $25.62
Plotkin Health COMM $28.47
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $28.47
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $28.47
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $28.47
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $42.70
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $42.70
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $42.70
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $48.40
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $52.38
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $458.08
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $458.08
Prime Health WorkersComp $467.72
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $557.21 $51.70 – $90.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $157.26 $54.42 – $120.81
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $405.00 $51.70 – $116.23
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,206.51 $54.42 – $120.81
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $463.46 $51.70 – $118.88
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $405.00 $54.42 – $99.37
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