Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination 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

$198.00

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.

$198.00

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.

$23.76 with Oscar vs $461.28 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
Oscar HIX $23.76 ↓ -88%
AvMed HIX $23.76 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare HIX $25.15 ↓ -87%
Simply MGMCR $30.49 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $39.60 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $39.60 ↓ -80%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $45.54 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $46.73 ↓ -76%
AvMed HMOFI $47.52 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $50.49 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $55.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $59.40 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $63.36 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $89.10 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $99.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $99.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $99.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $99.00 ↓ -50%
Hamilton County Jail Prison $106.92 ↓ -46%
Multiplan Primary $154.44 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $168.30 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $168.30 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $168.30 ↓ -15%
Evolutions TRADITIONALPPO $168.30 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $178.20 ↓ -10%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $438.22 ↑ +121%
Prime Health WC $447.44 ↑ +126%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $461.28 ↑ +133%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO 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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