Cell marker study at HCA FLORIDA PUTNAM HOSPITAL

611 Zeagler Drive, Palatka, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1487045100

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

$103.75

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.

$103.75

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.

$12.45 with AvMed vs $153.13 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 HMOFI $12.45 ↓ -88%
Oscar HIX $12.45 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare HIX $13.18 ↓ -87%
AvMed ASOEO $14.53 ↓ -86%
Simply MGMCR $15.98 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $17.64 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $17.64 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $19.71 ↓ -81%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $23.86 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $26.46 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $31.13 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $33.20 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $34.03 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $46.69 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -52%
AvMed HIXOON $51.88 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $51.88 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $51.88 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $51.88 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $80.92 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $88.19 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $145.47 ↑ +40%
Prime Health WC $148.54 ↑ +43%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $153.13 ↑ +48%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Cell marker study at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $91.00 $49.76 – $157.84
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $332.79 $54.42 – $99.37
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $415.35 $11.52 – $175.00
martin north hospital Stuart $415.35 $12.13 – $221.05
indian river hospital Vero Beach $415.35 $11.52 – $511.20
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $664.95 $25.20 – $70.00
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $36.66 $49.76 – $160.23
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $37.74 $49.47 – $283.73

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