Assay of prostaglandin 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

$270.50

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$270.50

Gross charge

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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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$19.48 with Freedom Health vs $243.45 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 $19.48 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $19.48 ↓ -93%
Humana TRICARE $37.86 ↓ -86%
Simply MGMCR $41.66 ↓ -85%
United VACCN $41.77 ↓ -85%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $41.77 ↓ -85%
Humana MGMCRHMO $41.77 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health MCR $41.77 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $41.77 ↓ -85%
Wellmed MGMCR $41.77 ↓ -85%
BCBS MCRHMO $42.61 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRPPO $42.61 ↓ -84%
FL Health Care Plan MCR $42.61 ↓ -84%
United MCR $42.61 ↓ -84%
Aetna MCR $42.81 ↓ -84%
Sunshine State MCR $43.86 ↓ -84%
WellCare MCR $43.86 ↓ -84%
AvMed MGMCR $44.28 ↓ -84%
American Health Plan MCR $44.28 ↓ -84%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $44.69 ↓ -83%
Florida Complete Care MCR $44.69 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $44.69 ↓ -83%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $45.53 ↓ -83%
Clear Spring Health MCR $45.95 ↓ -83%
Centurion GVT $45.95 ↓ -83%
Seminole County Sheriffs Office MGMCR $45.95 ↓ -83%
CarePlus MGMCR $47.62 ↓ -82%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $48.04 ↓ -82%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $50.12 ↓ -81%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $51.40 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $54.10 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $54.10 ↓ -80%
Solis Health Plan MCR $60.57 ↓ -78%
Oscar HIX $60.57 ↓ -78%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $62.22 ↓ -77%
AvMed HMOFI $64.92 ↓ -76%
Simply Healthcare HIX $65.16 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $68.98 ↓ -74%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $74.05 ↓ -73%
Prime Health WC $75.61 ↓ -72%
AvMed ASOEO $75.74 ↓ -72%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $77.95 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASA $81.15 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $86.56 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $90.35 ↓ -67%
Florida Health Care Plan COMM $101.98 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $121.72 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $135.25 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $135.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $135.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $135.25 ↓ -50%
Humana MGMCRPPO $167.08 ↓ -38%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $202.88 ↓ -25%
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $202.88 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Primary $210.99 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $229.93 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $229.93 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $229.93 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $229.93 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $243.45 ↓ -10%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Assay of prostaglandin at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $644.72 $41.77 – $92.73
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $146.20 $41.77 – $76.27
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $240.50 $16.61 – $314.50
martin north hospital Stuart $240.50 $17.48 – $277.50
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $534.95 $39.58 – $82.28
HCA FLORIDA KENDALL HOSPITAL DORAL $768.00 $41.35 – $87.72
HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL MIAMI $471.00 $41.35 – $82.30
HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL MARGATE $461.00 $41.35 – $82.98

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