Dch validity tests 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

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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.

$2.88 with AvMed vs $35.19 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 $2.88
Humana TRICARE $3.15
AvMed ASOEO $3.36
United AllPayerAppendix $3.48
Humana MGMCRHMO $3.48
Humana MGMCRPPO $3.48
Wellmed MGMCR $3.48
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $3.48
United VACCN $3.48
United MCR $3.55
FL Health Care Plan MCR $3.55
BCBS MCRPPO $3.55
BCBS MCRHMO $3.55
Aetna MCR $3.57
WellCare MCR $3.65
Sunshine State MCR $3.65
American Health Plan MCR $3.69
Simply MGMCR $3.70
Align Senior Care MGMCR $3.72
Florida Complete Care MCR $3.72
Cigna Healthspring MCR $3.72
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $3.79
Clear Spring Health MCR $3.83
Centurion GVT $3.83
Putnam County Sheriffs LocalGovernment $3.83
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.00
Humana PPO $4.08
Humana HMO $4.08
Longevity Health Plan MCR $4.18
Oscar HIX $4.25
Simply Healthcare HIX $4.35
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $4.56
Evolutions TieredNetwork $5.52
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6.12
Aetna ASA $7.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.68
United OptionsPPO $7.87
United GlobalBenefitPlan $10.80
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $12.00
AvMed HIXOON $12.00
Plotkin Health COMM $12.00
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $12.00
Multiplan Primary $18.72
Multiplan Complementary $20.40
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.43
Prime Health WC $34.13
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $35.19
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Dch validity tests at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $60.18 $3.31 – $7.43
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $61.78 $3.48 – $7.73
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $25.85 $3.48 – $6.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $25.35 $1.43 – $31.45
martin north hospital Stuart $51.35 $1.50 – $18.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $25.35 $1.43 – $29.60
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $4.90 $3.06 – $8.70
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $8.20 $3.48 – $12.76

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