Heavy metal qual any number at HCA FLORIDA LAKE CITY HOSPITAL

1100 SW 11TH STREET, LIVE OAK, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1992751879

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$86.25

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.

$86.25

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.

$10.35 with AvMed vs $77.63 with NovaNet — 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
AvMed HIX $10.35 ↓ -88%
Simply MGMCR $13.28 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $17.25 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $17.25 ↓ -80%
Hospice of North Central FL FEDERAL $18.85 ↓ -78%
Humana TRICARE $18.98 ↓ -78%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $19.84 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $20.36 ↓ -76%
AvMed HMOFI $20.70 ↓ -76%
Wellmed MGMCR $20.94 ↓ -76%
Humana MGMCRHMO $20.94 ↓ -76%
United VACCN $20.94 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.94 ↓ -76%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $20.94 ↓ -76%
Humana MGMCRPPO $20.94 ↓ -76%
United MCR $21.36 ↓ -75%
BCBS MCRPPO $21.36 ↓ -75%
BCBS MCRHMO $21.36 ↓ -75%
Aetna MCR $21.46 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State MCR $21.99 ↓ -75%
WellCare MCR $21.99 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $21.99 ↓ -75%
American Health Plan MCR $22.20 ↓ -74%
Florida Complete Care MCR $22.41 ↓ -74%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $22.41 ↓ -74%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $22.41 ↓ -74%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $22.82 ↓ -74%
Centurion GVT $23.03 ↓ -73%
Clear Spring Health MCR $23.03 ↓ -73%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $24.08 ↓ -72%
AvMed ASOEO $24.15 ↓ -72%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $25.13 ↓ -71%
Oscar HIX $25.55 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASA $25.88 ↓ -70%
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.18 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.60 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $38.81 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $43.13 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $43.13 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $43.13 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $43.13 ↓ -50%
Hamilton County Jail Prison $46.58 ↓ -46%
Multiplan Primary $67.28 ↓ -22%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $69.57 ↓ -19%
Prime Health WC $71.03 ↓ -18%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $73.23 ↓ -15%
Evolutions TRADITIONALPPO $73.31 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $73.31 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $73.31 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $73.31 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $77.63 ↓ -10%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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