After cataract laser surgery at Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County (St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.)
205 Trinity Way, Saint Johns, FL · Ascension · · NPI 1861078651
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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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$539.66 with HUMANA PPO MCR REPLACEMENT vs $1,239.01 with OCCUNET — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| HUMANA PPO MCR REPLACEMENT | 1595_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA PPO OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $539.66 | — |
| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | 1781_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 | $550.67 | — |
| HUMANA PPO MCR REPLACEMENT | 1800_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA PPO INPATIENT 20251001 | $550.67 | — |
| WELLCARE | 1662_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $550.67 | — |
| WELLCARE | 1803_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $550.67 | — |
| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1597_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $550.67 | — |
| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1801_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 | $550.67 | — |
| BC ADVANTAGE MCR REPLACEMENT | 1786_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS INPATIENT 20251001 | $550.67 | — |
| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | 1581_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $550.67 | — |
| COMMUNITY HOSPICE | 1130_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE COMMUNITY HOSPICE OUTPATIENT SIFL 20220908 | $550.67 | — |
| BLUE CROSS ALIGNMENT | 1779_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $550.67 | — |
| BLUE CROSS ALIGNMENT | 1585_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $550.67 | — |
| BC ADVANTAGE MCR REPLACEMENT | 1586_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $550.67 | — |
| RESEARCH STUDY ENCORE BORLAND-GROOVER | 1808_RESEARCH STUDY ENCORE-BORLAND-GROOVER INPATIENT 20251001 | $550.67 | — |
| RESEARCH STUDY ENCORE BORLAND-GROOVER | 1668_RESEARCH STUDY ENCORE-BORLAND-GROOVER OUTPATIENT 20250301 | $550.67 | — |
| PACE PLACE | 1807_PACE PROGRAM SIFL INPATIENT 20251001 | $550.67 | — |
| PACE PLACE | 1718_PACE PROGRAM SIFL OUTPATIENT 20250601 | $550.67 | — |
| HAVEN HOSPICE | 1592_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HAVEN HOSPICE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $550.67 | — |
| UHC WELLMED MCR REPLACEMENT | 1802_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTH CARE WELLMED INPATIENT 20251001 | $556.18 | — |
| UHC WELLMED MCR REPLACEMENT | 1714_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTH CARE WELLMED OUTPATIENT 20250501 | $556.18 | — |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | 1583_CIGNA HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $556.18 | — |
| HUMANA HMO MCR REPLACEMENT | 1799_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA HMO INPATIENT SIFL 20251001 | $556.18 | — |
| HUMANA HMO MCR REPLACEMENT | 1594_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA HMO OUTPATIENT SIFL 20250101 | $556.18 | — |
| GOLD KIDNEY MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 1638_GOLD KIDNEY MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20240101 | $561.68 | — |
| CAREPLUS MCR REPLACEMENT | 1589_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CAREPLUS OUTPATIENT SIFL 20250101 | $561.68 | — |
| CAREPLUS MCR REPLACEMENT | 1796_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CAREPLUS INPATIENT SIFL 20251001 | $561.68 | — |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | 1777_CIGNA HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT 20251001 | $561.68 | — |
| GOLD KIDNEY MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 1811_GOLD KIDNEY MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 | $561.68 | — |
| AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT | 1795_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 | $567.19 | — |
| AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT | 1584_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $567.19 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 1778_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $770.94 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 1600_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $770.94 | — |
| AETNA WHOLE HEALTH | 1576_AETNA WHOLE HEALTH OUTPATIENT SIFL 20250101 | $853.54 | — |
| AETNA QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS | 1574_AETNA QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS (QHP) OUTPATIENT SIFL 20250101 | $853.54 | — |
| AETNA WHOLE HEALTH | 1792_AETNA WHOLE HEALTH INPATIENT SIFL 20251001 | $853.54 | — |
| AETNA QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS | 1790_AETNA QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS (QHP) INPATIENT SIFL 20251001 | $853.54 | — |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN | 1806_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN INPATIENT 20251001 | $881.07 | — |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN | 1611_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN OUTPATIENT 20250401 | $881.07 | — |
| EMPLOYER DIRECT HEALTHCARE | 1743_EMPLOYER DIRECT HEALTHCARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $963.67 | — |
| EMPLOYER DIRECT HEALTHCARE | 1742_EMPLOYER DIRECT HEALTHCARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $963.67 | — |
| AVMED EXCHANGE | 1793_AVMED EXCHANGE INPATIENT 20251001 | $991.21 | — |
| 90 DEGREE BENEFITS | 1782_90 DEGREE BENEFITS INPATIENT 20251001 | $991.21 | — |
| 90 DEGREE BENEFITS | 1577_90 DEGREE BENEFITS OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $991.21 | — |
| AVMED EXCHANGE | 1720_AVMED EXCHANGE OUTPATIENT 20250201 | $991.21 | — |
| OCCUNET | 1578_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $1,018.74 | — |
| MOLINA EXCHANGE | 1579_MOLINA EXCHANGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $1,018.74 | — |
| MOLINA EXCHANGE | 1805_MOLINA EXCHANGE INPATIENT 20251001 | $1,018.74 | — |
| AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE | 1785_SUNSHINE AMBETTER EXCHANGE COMMERCIAL INPATIENT 20251001 | $1,046.27 | — |
| AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE | 1580_SUNSHINE AMBETTER EXCHANGE COMMERCIAL OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $1,046.27 | — |
| AETNA NEW BUSINESS | 1072_AETNA NEW BUSINESS DISCOUNT OUTPATIENT SIFL 20220829 | $1,128.87 | — |
| AETNA NEW BUSINESS | 1784_AETNA NEW BUSINESS DISCOUNT INPATIENT SIFL 20251001 | $1,128.87 | — |
| OCCUNET | 1780_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET INPATIENT 20251001 | $1,239.01 | — |
| OCCUNET | 1476_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET INPATIENT 20241001 | not published by hospital | — |
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