Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood at HCA FLORIDA OCALA HOSPITAL

14193 S US HIGHWAY 441, SUMMERFIELD, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1841237930

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$319.73

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.

$319.73

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.

$4.32 with Humana vs $287.76 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 $4.32 ↓ -99%
VA Purchased Care Program LOGOV $4.76 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCRHMO $4.76 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCRPPO $4.76 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.76 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $4.76 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.76 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.86 ↓ -98%
Freedom Optimum MCR $4.86 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $5.00 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCR $5.00 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MCR $5.05 ↓ -98%
AvMed MGMCR $5.05 ↓ -98%
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.09 ↓ -98%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $5.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $5.09 ↓ -98%
SECUR MGMCR $5.14 ↓ -98%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $5.19 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $5.24 ↓ -98%
Clear Spring Health MCR $5.24 ↓ -98%
Centurion GVT $5.24 ↓ -98%
CarePlus MGMCR $5.43 ↓ -98%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.47 ↓ -98%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.71 ↓ -98%
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.95 ↓ -98%
NaphCare PRISN $10.00 ↓ -97%
University MA Federal Corrections GVT $10.00 ↓ -97%
WellPath GVT $10.00 ↓ -97%
AvMed HIX $38.37 ↓ -88%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $43.04 ↓ -87%
Prime Health WC $43.95 ↓ -86%
Marion County Schools WC $45.31 ↓ -86%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $45.31 ↓ -86%
Simply MGMCR $49.24 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $55.63 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $60.75 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $63.95 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $63.95 ↓ -80%
Evolutions Healthcare COMM $73.54 ↓ -77%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $73.54 ↓ -77%
AvMed HMOFI $76.74 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $81.53 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $89.52 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $95.92 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $102.31 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $143.88 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $159.87 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $159.87 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $159.87 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $249.39 ↓ -22%
PPO Next PPO $271.77 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $271.77 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $287.76 ↓ -10%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $110.26 $4.52 – $7.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $307.01 $4.76 – $10.57
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