Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$24.50

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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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$24.50

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.

$2.94 with AvMed vs $135.06 with Careworks (Rockport Community) — 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 $2.94 ↓ -88%
Simply MGMCR $3.77 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $4.90 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $4.90 ↓ -80%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $5.63 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $5.78 ↓ -76%
AvMed HMOFI $5.88 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6.25 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $6.86 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $7.35 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.84 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $11.03 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $12.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $12.25 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $12.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $12.25 ↓ -50%
Hamilton County Jail Prison $13.23 ↓ -46%
Hospice of North Central FL FEDERAL $15.18 ↓ -38%
Humana TRICARE $15.29 ↓ -38%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -31%
Humana MGMCRHMO $16.87 ↓ -31%
Humana MGMCRPPO $16.87 ↓ -31%
Wellmed MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -31%
United VACCN $16.87 ↓ -31%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87 ↓ -31%
United MCR $17.21 ↓ -30%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.21 ↓ -30%
BCBS MCRHMO $17.21 ↓ -30%
Aetna MCR $17.29 ↓ -29%
WellCare MCR $17.71 ↓ -28%
Sunshine State MCR $17.71 ↓ -28%
American Health Plan MCR $17.88 ↓ -27%
Florida Complete Care MCR $18.05 ↓ -26%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $18.05 ↓ -26%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $18.05 ↓ -26%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $18.39 ↓ -25%
Clear Spring Health MCR $18.56 ↓ -24%
Centurion GVT $18.56 ↓ -24%
Multiplan Primary $19.11 ↓ -22%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $19.40 ↓ -21%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.24 ↓ -17%
Oscar HIX $20.58 ↓ -16%
Evolutions TRADITIONALPPO $20.82 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $20.82 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $20.82 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $20.82 ↓ -15%
Simply Healthcare HIX $21.09 ↓ -14%
NovaNet COMM $22.05 ↓ -10%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $128.31 ↑ +424%
Prime Health WC $131.01 ↑ +435%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $135.06 ↑ +451%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $129.58 $16.03 – $28.16
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $53.14 $16.87 – $37.45
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $139.55 $16.03 – $36.03
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $260.39 $16.87 – $37.45
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $112.41 $16.87 – $30.80
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $94.25 $5.78 – $61.20
martin north hospital Stuart $94.25 $6.08 – $54.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $94.25 $5.78 – $57.60

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