Echo stress 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

$5,575.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,575.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$119.70 with CorVel Corporation vs $4,738.75 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $119.70 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WC $122.22 ↓ -98%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $126.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna NBN $356.80 ↓ -94%
AvMed HMOFI $669.00 ↓ -88%
Oscar HIX $669.00 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare HIX $708.02 ↓ -87%
AvMed ASOEO $780.50 ↓ -86%
Cigna ManagedCareHMO $847.40 ↓ -85%
Cigna PPO $847.40 ↓ -85%
Simply MGMCR $858.55 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $947.75 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $947.75 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1,059.25 ↓ -81%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $1,282.25 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,421.63 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $1,672.50 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,784.00 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $1,828.60 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,508.75 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,787.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $2,787.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2,787.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $2,787.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $4,348.50 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $4,738.75 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Echo stress at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,364.04 $542.08 – $952.35
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,232.56 $542.08 – $1,218.77
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,551.89 $570.61 – $1,266.75
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,751.43 $570.61 – $1,041.93
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,978.95 $61.53 – $3,349.85
martin north hospital Stuart $2,978.95 $55.05 – $1,970.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,561.65 $98.28 – $3,152.80
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $2,671.50 $433.00 – $2,683.83

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →