Smear wet mount 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

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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.

$5.24 with Hospice of North Central FL vs $55.58 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
Hospice of North Central FL FEDERAL $5.24
Humana TRICARE $5.28
Humana MGMCRHMO $5.82
Humana MGMCRPPO $5.82
United VACCN $5.82
Wellmed MGMCR $5.82
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.82
United AllPayerAppendix $5.82
BCBS MCRHMO $5.94
BCBS MCRPPO $5.94
United MCR $5.94
Aetna MCR $5.97
Sunshine State MCR $6.11
WellCare MCR $6.11
American Health Plan MCR $6.17
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.23
Align Senior Care MGMCR $6.23
Cigna Healthspring MCR $6.23
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $6.34
Centurion GVT $6.40
Clear Spring Health MCR $6.40
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.69
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.98
Oscar HIX $7.10
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.28
AvMed HIX $7.41
Simply MGMCR $9.51
Humana PPO $12.35
Humana HMO $12.35
Evolutions TieredNetwork $14.20
United OptionsPPO $14.57
AvMed HMOFI $14.82
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $15.75
AvMed ASOEO $17.29
Aetna ASA $18.52
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.76
United GlobalBenefitPlan $27.79
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $30.88
Plotkin Health COMM $30.88
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $30.88
AvMed HIXOON $30.88
Hamilton County Jail Prison $33.34
Multiplan Primary $48.16
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $49.69
Prime Health WC $50.74
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $52.31
PPO Next COMM $52.49
Evolutions TRADITIONALPPO $52.49
Multiplan Complementary $52.49
PPO Next PPO $52.49
NovaNet COMM $55.58
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Smear wet mount at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $256.25 $5.53 – $9.71
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $266.50 $5.82 – $12.92
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $256.25 $5.53 – $12.43
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $231.62 $5.82 – $12.92
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $238.50 $5.53 – $12.71
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $46.00 $4.66 – $53.92
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $43.09 $5.82 – $10.63
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