Lactic acid at HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL

3157 NORTH MONROE ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1790732303

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.

$10.49 with Humana vs $406.30 with Beacon Health Options — 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 $10.49
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57
Wellmed MGMCR $11.57
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.57
Humana MGMCRHMO $11.57
Humana MGMCRPPO $11.57
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.57
United VACCN $11.57
BCBS MCRHMO $11.80
United MCR $11.80
BCBS MCRPPO $11.80
Aetna MCR $11.86
Sunshine State MCR $12.15
WellCare MCR $12.15
American Health Plan MCR $12.26
Align Senior Care MGMCR $12.38
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.38
Cigna Healthspring MCR $12.38
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $12.61
Centurion GVT $12.73
Clear Spring Health MCR $12.73
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $13.31
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.88
Gadsden County Jail Prison $14.46
Physician Network Association Prison $15.04
Oscar HIX $15.62
Simply Healthcare HIX $18.05
Naphcare Prison $19.67
Simply MGMCR $62.57
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $77.20
Humana HMO $81.26
Humana PPO $81.26
United OptionsPPO $82.48
AvMed HMOFI $97.51
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $103.61
AvMed ASOEO $113.76
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $119.70
Aetna ASA $121.89
Prime Health WC $122.22
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $126.00
Molina Healthcare HIX $130.02
United GlobalBenefitPlan $182.84
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $203.15
Plotkin Health COMM $203.15
AvMed HIXOON $203.15
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $203.15
Multiplan Primary $316.91
Evernorth BHCOMM $325.04
Multiplan Complementary $345.36
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $345.36
PPO Next PPO $345.36
PPO Next COMM $345.36
NovaNet COMM $365.67
Beacon Health Options MCR $406.30
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO 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 $261.49 $10.99 – $19.31
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $98.16 $11.57 – $25.69
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