Western blot test at Adventhealth Port Charlotte

2500 Harbor Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1760299093

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

$113.53

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.

$113.53

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.

$17.03 with Alignment Health Plan vs $31.10 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
Alignment Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.03 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health Medicare Managed Care - HMO $17.37 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare Managed Care - HMO $17.54 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $17.71 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare Medicare Managed Care - HMO $18.05 ↓ -84%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $18.21 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $18.22 ↓ -84%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $19.07 ↓ -83%
Oscar Individual EPO $31.10 ↓ -73%

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cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $214.50 $5.23 – $54.40
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HCA FLORIDA PUTNAM HOSPITAL Palatka $513.00 $15.43 – $73.23
AdventHealth Orlando Orlando $466.00 $17.03 – $45.13

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