Aluminum - quest at Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway

1 Adventhealth Way, Palm Coast, FL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1861102345

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

$17.68

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.

$17.68

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.

$24.21 with Florida Health Care Plan vs $54.42 with Oscar — 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
Florida Health Care Plan Medicare Managed Care - HMO $24.21 ↑ +37%
Health First Health Plans Medicare Managed Care - HMO $25.48 ↑ +44%
Freedom Health Medicare Managed Care - HMO $25.99 ↑ +47%
BCBS Medicare Managed Care - HMO $26.24 ↑ +48%
Humana CarePlus Medicare Managed Care - HMO $26.50 ↑ +50%
Optimum Healthcare Medicare Managed Care - HMO $26.75 ↑ +51%
Simply Healthcare Medicare Managed Care - HMO $27.01 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $27.26 ↑ +54%
Oscar Individual EPO $54.42 ↑ +208%

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Aluminum - quest at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Palm Coast $17.68 $24.21 – $54.42
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $17.39 $24.21 – $42.53
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $393.29 $25.48 – $56.57
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $112.23 $24.21 – $55.66
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $68.00 $7.69 – $36.95
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $170.29 $25.48 – $46.53
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $28.60 $5.78 – $39.29
martin north hospital Stuart $28.60 $6.08 – $37.54

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