Blood Culture Test 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

$633.25

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.

$633.25

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.

$9.35 with Humana vs $569.92 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
Humana TRICARE $9.35 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $10.32 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.32 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $10.32 ↓ -98%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $10.32 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCRHMO $10.32 ↓ -98%
United VACCN $10.32 ↓ -98%
United MCR $10.53 ↓ -98%
FL Health Care Plan MCR $10.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $10.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $10.58 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCR $10.84 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $10.84 ↓ -98%
AvMed MGMCR $10.94 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MCR $10.94 ↓ -98%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $11.04 ↓ -98%
Florida Complete Care MCR $11.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $11.04 ↓ -98%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $11.25 ↓ -98%
Clear Spring Health MCR $11.35 ↓ -98%
Centurion GVT $11.35 ↓ -98%
Seminole County Sheriffs Office MGMCR $11.35 ↓ -98%
CarePlus MGMCR $11.76 ↓ -98%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $11.87 ↓ -98%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $12.38 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $14.96 ↓ -98%
Solis Health Plan MCR $14.96 ↓ -98%
Simply Healthcare HIX $16.10 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCRPPO $41.28 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $45.59 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MCR $45.59 ↓ -93%
Simply MGMCR $97.52 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $120.32 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $126.65 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $126.65 ↓ -80%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $145.65 ↓ -77%
AvMed HMOFI $151.98 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $161.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $177.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $189.97 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $202.64 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $211.51 ↓ -67%
Florida Health Care Plan COMM $238.74 ↓ -62%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $246.19 ↓ -61%
Prime Health WC $251.38 ↓ -60%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $259.15 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $284.96 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $316.63 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $316.63 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $316.63 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $316.63 ↓ -50%
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $474.94 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $474.94 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Primary $493.94 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $538.26 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $538.26 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $538.26 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $538.26 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $569.92 ↓ -10%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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