Carotene at HCA FLORIDA OSCEOLA HOSPITAL

5597 LEE VISTA BOULEVARD, ORLANDO, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1689621450

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

$8.95

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.

$8.95

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.

$0.64 with Freedom Health vs $77.95 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
Freedom Health MCR $0.64 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $0.64 ↓ -93%
AvMed HIX $0.72 ↓ -92%
Simply MGMCR $1.38 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1.70 ↓ -81%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $2.06 ↓ -77%
AvMed HMOFI $2.15 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.28 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.42 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $2.51 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $2.51 ↓ -72%
AvMed ASOEO $2.51 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2.69 ↓ -70%
United OptionsPPO $2.99 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4.03 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4.47 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $4.47 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4.47 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $4.47 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $6.71 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Primary $6.98 ↓ -22%
Evernorth BHCOMM $7.16 ↓ -20%
PPO Next PPO $7.61 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $7.61 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $7.61 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $7.61 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $8.05 ↓ -10%
Humana TRICARE $8.36 ↓ -7%
Beacon Health Options MCR $8.95 ↑ +0%
Humana MGMCRPPO $9.22 ↑ +3%
Devoted Health MCR $9.22 ↑ +3%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.22 ↑ +3%
Humana MGMCRHMO $9.22 ↑ +3%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $9.22 ↑ +3%
Wellmed MGMCR $9.22 ↑ +3%
United VACCN $9.22 ↑ +3%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.22 ↑ +3%
FL Health Care Plan MCR $9.40 ↑ +5%
United MCR $9.40 ↑ +5%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.40 ↑ +5%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.40 ↑ +5%
Aetna MCR $9.45 ↑ +6%
Sunshine State MCR $9.68 ↑ +8%
WellCare MCR $9.68 ↑ +8%
American Health Plan MCR $9.77 ↑ +9%
AvMed MGMCR $9.77 ↑ +9%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $9.87 ↑ +10%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $9.87 ↑ +10%
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.87 ↑ +10%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $10.05 ↑ +12%
Centurion GVT $10.14 ↑ +13%
Clear Spring Health MCR $10.14 ↑ +13%
CarePlus MGMCR $10.51 ↑ +17%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $10.60 ↑ +18%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.06 ↑ +24%
Oscar HIX $13.37 ↑ +49%
Solis Health Plan MCR $13.37 ↑ +49%
Simply Healthcare HIX $14.38 ↑ +61%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $74.05 ↑ +727%
Prime Health WC $75.61 ↑ +745%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $77.95 ↑ +771%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Carotene at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Orlando Orlando $95.00 $9.22 – $24.43
UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL Orlando $8.93 $8.36 – $75.61
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $62.88 $9.22 – $20.47
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $35.60 $8.76 – $20.14
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $10.00 $7.38 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $61.22 $9.22 – $16.84
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $9.10 $2.59 – $14.00
martin north hospital Stuart $26.00 $2.73 – $13.58

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