Cytopath smear other source 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

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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.

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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.

$2.05 with Optimum vs $162.98 with Careworks (Rockport Community) — 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 $2.05
Freedom Health MCR $2.05
Simply MGMCR $4.39
Oscar HIX $4.56
Simply Healthcare HIX $4.76
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $5.42
Humana HMO $5.70
Humana PPO $5.70
Evolutions TieredNetwork $6.55
AvMed HMOFI $6.84
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $7.27
AvMed ASOEO $7.98
Aetna ASA $8.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.12
United OptionsPPO $9.52
Florida Health Care Plan COMM $10.74
United GlobalBenefitPlan $12.82
AvMed HIXOON $14.25
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $14.25
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $14.25
Plotkin Health COMM $14.25
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $21.38
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $21.38
Multiplan Primary $22.23
PPO Next COMM $24.23
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $24.23
PPO Next PPO $24.23
Multiplan Complementary $24.23
NovaNet COMM $25.65
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $154.83
Prime Health WC $158.09
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $162.98
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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