Aluminum - quest at HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL

1401 WEST SEMINOLE BLVD, SANFORD, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1285681908

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

$22.50

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.

$22.50

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.

$1.62 with Optimum vs $101.92 with Humana — 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
Optimum MGMCR $1.62 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MCR $1.62 ↓ -93%
Simply MGMCR $3.46 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $4.28 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $4.50 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $4.50 ↓ -80%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $5.17 ↓ -77%
AvMed HMOFI $5.40 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5.74 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $6.30 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $6.75 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.20 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $7.51 ↓ -67%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.69 ↓ -66%
Prime Health WC $7.86 ↓ -65%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $8.10 ↓ -64%
Florida Health Care Plan COMM $8.48 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $10.13 ↓ -55%
AvMed HIXOON $11.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $11.25 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $11.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $11.25 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $16.88 ↓ -25%
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $16.88 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Primary $17.55 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $19.13 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $19.13 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $19.13 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $19.13 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $20.25 ↓ -10%
Humana TRICARE $23.10 ↑ +3%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $25.48 ↑ +13%
Humana MGMCRHMO $25.48 ↑ +13%
United VACCN $25.48 ↑ +13%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↑ +13%
Devoted Health MCR $25.48 ↑ +13%
Wellmed MGMCR $25.48 ↑ +13%
United MCR $25.99 ↑ +16%
BCBS MCRPPO $25.99 ↑ +16%
BCBS MCRHMO $25.99 ↑ +16%
FL Health Care Plan MCR $25.99 ↑ +16%
Aetna MCR $26.12 ↑ +16%
WellCare MCR $26.75 ↑ +19%
Sunshine State MCR $26.75 ↑ +19%
American Health Plan MCR $27.01 ↑ +20%
AvMed MGMCR $27.01 ↑ +20%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $27.26 ↑ +21%
Florida Complete Care MCR $27.26 ↑ +21%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $27.26 ↑ +21%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $27.77 ↑ +23%
Clear Spring Health MCR $28.03 ↑ +25%
Seminole County Sheriffs Office MGMCR $28.03 ↑ +25%
Centurion GVT $28.03 ↑ +25%
CarePlus MGMCR $29.05 ↑ +29%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $29.30 ↑ +30%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $30.58 ↑ +36%
Oscar HIX $36.95 ↑ +64%
Solis Health Plan MCR $36.95 ↑ +64%
Simply Healthcare HIX $39.75 ↑ +77%
Humana MGMCRPPO $101.92 ↑ +353%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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