Assay of blood lipoprotein 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

$88.00

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.

$88.00

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.

$6.34 with Freedom Health vs $79.20 with NovaNet — 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
Freedom Health MCR $6.34 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $6.34 ↓ -93%
Humana TRICARE $11.55 ↓ -87%
United VACCN $12.75 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.75 ↓ -86%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $12.75 ↓ -86%
Humana MGMCRHMO $12.75 ↓ -86%
Wellmed MGMCR $12.75 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health MCR $12.75 ↓ -86%
United MCR $13.01 ↓ -85%
FL Health Care Plan MCR $13.01 ↓ -85%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.01 ↓ -85%
BCBS MCRHMO $13.01 ↓ -85%
Aetna MCR $13.07 ↓ -85%
WellCare MCR $13.39 ↓ -85%
Sunshine State MCR $13.39 ↓ -85%
AvMed MGMCR $13.52 ↓ -85%
American Health Plan MCR $13.52 ↓ -85%
Simply MGMCR $13.55 ↓ -85%
Florida Complete Care MCR $13.64 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $13.64 ↓ -85%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $13.64 ↓ -85%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $13.90 ↓ -84%
Centurion GVT $14.03 ↓ -84%
Seminole County Sheriffs Office MGMCR $14.03 ↓ -84%
Clear Spring Health MCR $14.03 ↓ -84%
CarePlus MGMCR $14.53 ↓ -83%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.66 ↓ -83%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.30 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $16.72 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $17.60 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $17.60 ↓ -80%
Solis Health Plan MCR $18.49 ↓ -79%
Oscar HIX $18.49 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.89 ↓ -77%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $20.24 ↓ -77%
AvMed HMOFI $21.12 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $22.44 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $24.64 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $26.40 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.16 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $29.39 ↓ -67%
Florida Health Care Plan COMM $33.18 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $39.60 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $44.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $44.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $44.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $44.00 ↓ -50%
Humana MGMCRPPO $51.00 ↓ -42%
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $66.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $66.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Primary $68.64 ↓ -22%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $74.05 ↓ -16%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $74.80 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $74.80 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $74.80 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $74.80 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WC $75.61 ↓ -14%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $77.95 ↓ -11%
NovaNet COMM $79.20 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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