Blood smear interpretation at Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County (St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.)
205 Trinity Way, Saint Johns, FL · Ascension · · NPI 1861078651
$45.14
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.
$122.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$22.23 with AETNA vs $122.00 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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| AETNA | 1664_AETNA SIFL 20250701 | $22.23 | ↓ -51% |
| CIGNA HMO NEW BUSINESS | 1700_CIGNA HMO NEW BUSINESS 20250701 | $24.40 | ↓ -46% |
| UHC HMO | 1693_UNITED HEALTH CARE SIFL 20250701 | $25.26 | ↓ -44% |
| CIGNA HMO | 1696_CIGNA HMO 20250701 | $45.14 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA PPO | 1697_CIGNA PPO 20250701 | $45.14 | ↑ +0% |
| HUMANA HMO | 1658_HUMANA HMO SIFL 20250101 | $56.68 | ↑ +26% |
| HUMANA PPO | 1660_HUMANA PPO SIFL 20250101 | $56.68 | ↑ +26% |
| OCCUNET | 1476_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET INPATIENT 20241001 | $122.00 | ↑ +170% |
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Blood smear interpretation at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $161.18 | not published |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $448.93 | not published |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $173.58 | not published |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $141.00 | not published |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $131.58 | not published |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $126.10 | $2.81 – $194.00 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $126.10 | $2.96 – $194.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $126.10 | $2.81 – $194.00 |