Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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.

$1.12 with Optimum vs $89.08 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 $1.12
Freedom Health MCR $1.12
Simply MGMCR $2.39
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $2.94
Humana PPO $3.10
Humana HMO $3.10
Evolutions TieredNetwork $3.56
AvMed HMOFI $3.72
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.95
AvMed ASOEO $4.34
Aetna ASA $4.65
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.96
United OptionsPPO $5.18
Humana TRICARE $5.43
Florida Health Care Plan COMM $5.84
Humana MGMCRHMO $5.99
Devoted Health MCR $5.99
Wellmed MGMCR $5.99
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.99
United VACCN $5.99
United AllPayerAppendix $5.99
United MCR $6.11
BCBS MCRHMO $6.11
FL Health Care Plan MCR $6.11
BCBS MCRPPO $6.11
Aetna MCR $6.14
Sunshine State MCR $6.29
WellCare MCR $6.29
American Health Plan MCR $6.35
AvMed MGMCR $6.35
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.41
Align Senior Care MGMCR $6.41
Cigna Healthspring MCR $6.41
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $6.53
Seminole County Sheriffs Office MGMCR $6.59
Clear Spring Health MCR $6.59
Centurion GVT $6.59
CarePlus MGMCR $6.83
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.89
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6.97
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.19
Plotkin Health COMM $7.75
AvMed HIXOON $7.75
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $7.75
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $7.75
Oscar HIX $8.69
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.69
Simply Healthcare HIX $9.34
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $11.63
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $11.63
Multiplan Primary $12.09
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $13.18
PPO Next COMM $13.18
Multiplan Complementary $13.18
PPO Next PPO $13.18
NovaNet COMM $13.95
Humana MGMCRPPO $23.96
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $84.63
Prime Health WC $86.41
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $89.08
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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