Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$119.12

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.

$119.12

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.

$17.08 with Florida Health Care Plan vs $38.40 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 $17.08 ↓ -86%
Health First Health Plans Medicare Managed Care - HMO $17.98 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health Medicare Managed Care - HMO $18.34 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare Managed Care - HMO $18.52 ↓ -84%
Humana CarePlus Medicare Managed Care - HMO $18.70 ↓ -84%
Optimum Healthcare Medicare Managed Care - HMO $18.88 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare Medicare Managed Care - HMO $19.06 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $19.24 ↓ -84%
Oscar Individual EPO $38.40 ↓ -68%

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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Palm Coast $119.12 $17.08 – $38.40
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $110.62 $17.08 – $30.01
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $164.36 $17.98 – $39.92
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $277.53 $17.98 – $39.92
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $88.25 $17.08 – $39.28
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $182.00 $14.38 – $57.84
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $132.94 $17.98 – $32.83
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $96.85 $4.02 – $126.65

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