Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

11850 ATLANTIC BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1447206438

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.

$0.92 with Optimum Healthcare vs $89.21 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
Optimum Healthcare MGMCR $0.92
AvMed HIX $1.32
United OptionsPPO $1.41
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1.69
Positive Healthcare MCR $2.42
AvMed HMOFI $2.53
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.97
Centurion PRISN $3.05
AvMed ASOEO $3.08
Humana PPO $3.19
Humana HMO $3.19
Corizon COMM $3.30
Aetna ASA $3.30
Hospice Community FED $4.31
Hospice Haven MCR $4.85
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.95
Humana TRICARE $5.04
CarePlus MGMCR $5.39
Aetna MCR $5.39
United VACCN $5.39
United AllPayerAppendix $5.39
Devoted Health MCR $5.39
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.39
United Behavioral Health VACCN $5.39
Humana MGMCRPPO $5.39
Humana MGMCRHMO $5.39
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.39
WellMed MGMCRTier1 $5.42
WellMed MGMCRTier2 $5.42
WellMed MGMCRTier3 $5.42
United MCR $5.50
Plotkin Health COMM $5.50
BCBS MCRHMO $5.50
BCBS MCRPPO $5.50
Sunshine State MCR $5.66
WellCare MCR $5.66
American Health Plan MCR $5.71
Cigna Healthspring MCR $5.77
Florida Complete Care MGMCR $5.77
Gold Kidney MGMCR $5.88
Longevity MCR $6.47
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.68
Oscar HIX $7.82
MultiPlan PRIMARYNETWORK $8.58
Evolutions Healthcare MANAGEDCAREPPO $8.80
Evernorth COMM $8.80
PPO Next COMM $9.35
MultiPlan COMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $9.35
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $9.35
PPO Next PPO $9.35
NovaNet COMM $9.90
City of Jacksonville WC $87.37
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $87.37
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $89.21
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $27.47 $4.74 – $13.48
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Jacksonville $27.47 $4.74 – $13.48
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $90.46 $5.12 – $9.00
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $18.72 $5.39 – $11.97
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $164.66 $5.12 – $11.51
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $266.72 $5.39 – $11.97
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $95.81 $5.12 – $11.77
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $39.40 $5.39 – $9.84

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